Thanks a lot ...
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Andre,
For Rcpp, you can use the XPtr class template. Say you want to deal
with pointers to Foo. You can create an R external pointer like this:
SEXP create_xp_foo(){
Foo* foo = new Foo ;
XPtr xp( foo ) ;
return xp ;
}
Now, "xp" is an R external pointer, i.e. a SEXP of type EXTPTR
On Dec 25, 2012, at 6:39 AM, andre__ wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am using swig to build a wrapper for an c-function to use it in R. I would
> like to define a generic function, which gives back a void pointer. On the R
> side, I know what this pointer is pointing to, whether it is an integer or
> an strin
