type2char is itself a fairly recent addition (there is also type2str, which is older) that I found useful for improving messages in R itself.
I have not encountered such a need in package code, but the function is exported. This is not a request to move type2char from Defn.h to Rinternals.h, and I don't understand why not: what else is needed? On Tue, 7 Nov 2006, Martin Maechler wrote: >>>>>> "Seth" == Seth Falcon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>>> on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 06:55:06 -0800 writes: > > Seth> Hi, > Seth> Is there an alternative to type2char that is available for use in > Seth> package code? It would be useful for producing more informative > error > Seth> messages. > > I haven't looked closely, but I vaguely remember that I had > thought in the past, > (a version of) type2char() should be made part of R's API. > Exactly because of the reason you give. > > A more sensible name for the exported function would probably be > R_type2char or > Rtype_to_char or > Rtype_as_char It is exported as Rf_type2char. > If you are going to provide a patch (against R-devel), > you'd ideally also include the corresponding entry in > doc/manual/R-exts.texi ... (:-) > > Martin > > PS: I will be mostly absent from e-mail for the rest of the week. > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > -- Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
