On Wed, 2009-04-22 at 12:16 -0500, Bo Peng wrote:
(...)
> If the correct answer is r('R.Version()').subset('svn rev')[0][0], I
> have to say that rpy2 is not for me.
1- There is not "one correct answer". There are several ways to achieve
it. Other options are :
import rpy2.robjects as ro
ro.r('R.Version()[["svn rev"]]')[0]
ro.r('R.Version()').r["svn rev"][0][0]
2- rpy is still around.
> I can see that a lot of energy
> has been devoted to make Python and R integrate better, but I do not
> see any benefit from such an effort.
> In summary,
>
> 1. rpy_classic is not the same as rpy.
This is not a complete implementation of the rpy API because of:
- limited resources
- apparently a limited demand
Contributions have not been many.
> 2. The R vector etc are too complicated to use, and I do not see any
> benefit of using them.
Watch closer, I'd like to say.
> 3. The rpy_object stuff is almost useless without support for the . to
> _ conversion, because there are so many functions in R with .
> (dev.off(), as.xxxx()...).
>
It's straightforward to implement for yourself. Where is the/your
problem ?
> I apologize if all these were due to my incorrect use of rpy2.
Shouldn't that though come first ?
> Bo
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