Getting the name of a SEXP type in package code?
Prof Brian Ripley <ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk> writes:
type2char is itself a fairly recent addition (there is also type2str, which is older) that I found useful for improving messages in R itself. I have not encountered such a need in package code, but the function is exported. This is not a request to move type2char from Defn.h to Rinternals.h, and I don't understand why not: what else is needed?
Because the dog ate that sentance. Moving type2char to Rinternals.h is all that is needed -- and type2str would be useful as well. + seth