R_tryEval not properly documented in 'Writing R Extensions' (PR#9525)
On Thu, 22 Feb 2007, ellis at stat.harvard.edu wrote:
Full_Name: Byron Ellis Version: 2.4.1 OS: N/A Submission from: (NULL) (75.55.126.10) R_tryEval is implied to be in the public API by 'Embedding R in Other Applications,' but not documented in 'Writing R Extensions.' This would seem to be an oversight given the dependence of many applications including but not limited to the official OS X GUI on this function.
It is not an oversight. R_tryEval is as far as the R sources are concerned just part of the test examples for embedding. I think you may be referring to http://developer.r-project.org/embedded.html That does not list R_tryEval in 'Routines for the Embedded R', so makes no such implication (and in any case dates from 2000, before there was a documented interface).
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