Re: [Rcpp-devel] receiving R matrices: question about RcppArmadillo example fastlm

2013-01-10 Thread Douglas Bates
The important question is whether the as copies the contents of the matrix from the SEXP passed by R. Creating an Rcpp::NumericMatrix does not copy the contents and converting the NumericMatrix to an arma::mat with that trailing 'false' also just copies the pointer to the contents, not the content

[Rcpp-devel] receiving R matrices: question about RcppArmadillo example fastlm

2013-01-10 Thread Paul Johnson
Hello, Rcpp land. I'm still collecting idioms and examples for the usage of Rcpp. Today I'm looking at ways that people manage the importation of R matrices. Consider fasLm.r file in the RcppArmadillo package's examples folder. It uses this this three-step process to bring in a matrix from R. Thi