Compile Rcpp Attributes for a Package
Scan the source files within a package for attributes and generate code as required. Generates the bindings required to call C++ functions from R for functions adorned with the Rcpp::export
attribute.
compileAttributes(pkgdir = ".", verbose = getOption("verbose"))
pkgdir |
Directory containing the package to compile attributes for (defaults to the current working directory). |
verbose |
|
The source files in the package directory given by pkgdir
are scanned for attributes and code is generated as required based on the attributes.
For C++ functions adorned with the Rcpp::export
attribute, the C++ and R source code required to bind to the function from R is generated and added (respectively) to src/RcppExports.cpp
or R/RcppExports.R
. Both of these files are automatically generated from scratch each time compiledAttributes
is run.
In order to access the declarations for custom Rcpp::as
and Rcpp::wrap
handlers the compileAttributes
function will also call any inline plugins available for packages listed in the LinkingTo
field of the DESCRIPTION
file.
Returns (invisibly) a character vector with the paths to any files that were updated as a result of the call.
The compileAttributes
function deals only with exporting C++ functions to R. If you want the functions to additionally be publicly available from your package's namespace another step may be required. Specifically, if your package NAMESPACE
file does not use a pattern to export functions then you should add an explicit entry to NAMESPACE
for each R function you want publicly available.
In addition to exporting R bindings for C++ functions, the compileAttributes
function can also generate a direct C++ interface to the functions using the Rcpp::interfaces
attribute.
## Not run: # Compile attributes for package in the current working dir compileAttributes() ## End(Not run)
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