Re: [R] Functioning and source code location of .Primitive()

2010-05-24 Thread Stefano Baraldo
Thank you Barry! Telling the truth, I found the function definition this morning too... I really don't know how could I have missed it (I've been searching for it for a pair of days...). I work on a Mac and I'm learning to use Unix systems in general, so I'm not very accustomed to grep and emacs

Re: [R] Functioning and source code location of .Primitive()

2010-05-24 Thread Barry Rowlingson
On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 9:03 AM, Stefano Baraldo wrote: > Hi all. > I began examining the R source code in the last few days, for a better > understanding of its structure. I read the manuals and digged deeply (maybe > not enough?) into the source code, but I couldn't totally understand how > .

[R] Functioning and source code location of .Primitive()

2010-05-24 Thread Stefano Baraldo
Hi all. I began examining the R source code in the last few days, for a better understanding of its structure. I read the manuals and digged deeply (maybe not enough?) into the source code, but I couldn't totally understand how .Primitive() works. Its effects, if I understand well, are quite cle