[Rcpp-devel] Fwd: Re: Making objects in the C++ "side" persistent

[Krzysztof Sakrejda]

> one last question:
>
> Is there a way to test if an external pointer is null (or rather <nil>).
> is.null() always gives me FALSE, and I can't find anything else.

The best I've found (on the R side) is:

if (identical(data_ptr, new('externalptr'))) return("No data available
to retrieve.")

I would be curious to hear if there is a better way. Krzysztof

>
> thanks,
>
> Martin
>
> --
> Martin Jakt
> Department of Systems Medicine
> Mitsunada Sakaguchi Laboratory
> Keio University School of Medicine
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