Re: [Rcpp-devel] On Developing Header Packages

2015-04-07 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
On 7 April 2015 at 14:51, JJ Allaire wrote: | I think that header-only packages (where possible) are definitely | preferable within the R package ecosystem because it allows you to | sidestep a lot of build configuration and runtime linking complexity. | | The rub is that some libraries simply ca

Re: [Rcpp-devel] On Developing Header Packages

2015-04-07 Thread Romain Francois
I would definitely second that. This eliminates a whole class of hard to deal with issues. Even Rcpp IMO should really just be header only. Romain Envoyé de mon iPhone > Le 7 avr. 2015 à 20:51, JJ Allaire a écrit : > > I think that header-only packages (where possible) are definitely > pre

Re: [Rcpp-devel] On Developing Header Packages

2015-04-07 Thread JJ Allaire
I think that header-only packages (where possible) are definitely preferable within the R package ecosystem because it allows you to sidestep a lot of build configuration and runtime linking complexity. The rub is that some libraries simply can't be made header-only, especially if they make use of

[Rcpp-devel] On Developing Header Packages

2015-04-07 Thread Charles Determan
This is probably the best place I can think of to ask this question if perhaps not completely on topic. Some quick context: I am exploring GPGPU computing and with my 'open-source' mindset I quickly gravitated to using OpenCL. Thankfully, many wonderful programmers have already begun creating li