That is indeed helpful; reading the sections around it largely answered my
questions.
Rinternals.h has the definitions
#define allocMatrix Rf_allocMatrix
SEXP Rf_allocMatrix(SEXPTYPE, int, int);
#define allocVector Rf_allocVector
SEXP Rf_allocVector(SEXPTYPE, R_xlen_t);
Which answers
Does this help a little?
https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/r-release/R-ints.html#Long-vectors
One thing I seem to remember but cannot find a reference for is that
long vectors can only be passed to .Call calls, not C/Fortran. I
remember rewriting .C() in my WGCNA package to .Call for this ve
On Tue, Oct 2, 2018 at 9:43 AM Therneau, Terry M., Ph.D. via R-devel
wrote:
>
> I am now getting the occasional complaint about survival routines that are
> not able to
> handle big data. I looked in the manuals to try and update my understanding
> of max
> vector size, max matrix, max data se
I am now getting the occasional complaint about survival routines that are not
able to
handle big data. I looked in the manuals to try and update my understanding
of max
vector size, max matrix, max data set, etc; but it is either not there or I
missed it (the
latter more likely). Is it s
