Hi, I've added R_init_data_table to the "data.table" package (which has a dot in its name). This works well in R 2.15.0, because of this from the Writing R Extensions manual :
" Note that there are some implicit restrictions on this mechanism as the basename of the DLL needs to be both a valid file name and valid as part of a C entry point (e.g. it cannot contain .): for portable code it is best to confine DLL names to be ASCII alphanumeric plus underscore. As from R 2.15.0, if entry point R_init_lib is not found it is also looked for with . replaced by _. " But how do I confine the DLL name, is it an option in Makevars? The name of the shared object is currently "data.table.so" (data.table.dll on Windows). Is it possible to change the file name to "datatable.so" (and datatable.dll) in a portable way so that R_init_datatable works (without a dot), and, without Depend-ing on R>=2.15.0 and without changing the name of the package? Thanks, Matthew ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
