But that's what I want to do, create the connection in R code and pass it on to the C function. My question is, how do I do that? You appear to need the C getConnection entry point, but it's not part of the API. So I'm wondering how I'm supposed to do what you describe.
Sorry if I was unclear. Sent from my iPhone >> On 21 Jan 2016, at 5:44 pm, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.dun...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On 21/01/2016 11:39 AM, Tom Quarendon wrote: >> I would like to implement a package that contains a C function that writes >> to a connection. >> So the R_ext/Connections.h defines what a connection IS, but not how to get >> one. >> >> What seems to work is to manually declare >> Rconnection getConnection(int n); >> In my C file, and while this works, and I can then use the connection >> object, it fails package validation with: >> >> �Found non-API call to R: �getConnection� >> Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R.� >> >> So how am I supposed to do this? Is there a way? Or do I just live with the >> check warning (ideally not)? > > The usual way to do that would be to create the connection in R code, and > pass it in with your call. > > If you don't know what connection you need at the time you call your C code, > you can evaluate an R expression from C to do the same, but this is > relatively tricky, so I'd advise the other method. > > Duncan Murdoch ______________________________________________ R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel
