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Message-ID: <CAF8bMca-F4pHPdmRMCZ2Wu+_8UbHzq_BV+8+8fvFknS5XghhuA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: 2015-11-13T20:58:11Z
From: William Dunlap
Subject: R_MakeExternalPtr 'tag' argument

Most packages that use the R_MakeExternalPtr function use
Rf_install("pkgSpecificString") for its 'tag' argument (if they don't use
R_NilValue).  A few use Rf_mkChar("pkgSpecificString").

Is there any reason to prefer one over the other?

Bill Dunlap
TIBCO Software
wdunlap tibco.com