Request for guidance on compiling C++ using RInside within Xcode 5, OSX 10.9.4, R 3.1.1 (mavericks version)

Hi Roger,

Did you see this StackOverflow post?
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15489065/rcppeclipse-on-mac-os-x/17054405

It sounds like the poster describes the same problem as what you're seeing,
and various prescriptions are offered.

Cheers,
Kevin


On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 6:44 AM, Roger Dean <Roger.Dean at uws.edu.au> wrote:

Request for guidance on compiling C++ using RInside within Xcode 5, OSX
10.9.4, R 3.1.1 (mavericks version).

Hi R-SIG-mac experts,
I know this question is close to some asked previously, and also to
comment 2.10 of the FAQ document on RInside provided by Dirk Eddelbuettel
and Romain Francois, but I still cannot solve it, nor find examples of
others doing so that are clear (or at least, clear to me, apologies if
appropriate).

I would like to compile C++ code that uses RInside, but within Xcode 5,
and using OSX 10.9.4, R 3.1.1 (mavericks version). The reason I wish to do
this is that I am writing time series analysis/generative externals for
MAXMSP, a widely used MIDI and audio processing platform, and it is built
on C and focused on Xcode as the developer tool (it is difficult to find
people compiling MAX externals using clang++ and not Xcode, though I
continue to search also towards this possible alternative route.)

So the helpful examples in the RInside source include rinside_sample0.cpp,
and this compiles/builds fine for me with the Make process, or with clang++
directly. And it runs, as do all but one of the other examples. It is very
simple as intended, and I'm sure many of you will have looked at it:

// -*- mode: C++; c-indent-level: 4; c-basic-offset: 4;  tab-width: 8; -*-
//
// Simple example showing how to do the standard 'hello, world' using
embedded R
//
// Copyright (C) 2009 Dirk Eddelbuettel
// Copyright (C) 2010 Dirk Eddelbuettel and Romain Francois
//
// GPL'ed

#include <RInside.h>                    // for the embedded R via RInside

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {

   RInside R(argc, argv);              // create an embedded R instance

   R["txt"] = "Hello, world!\n"; // assign a char* (string) to 'txt'

   R.parseEvalQ("cat(txt)");           // eval the init string, ignoring
any returns

   exit(0);
}

I have taken note of the comments about the .R/Makevars, including the
statements about -stdlib=libstdc++ -mmacosx-version-min=10.6 from Sturla
Molden (Feb 8 2014) and others. I am providing to Xcode libR.dylib, and
paths to headers and other libraries. I saw a reference to an Rcpp library,
but in my RCpp source and R 3.1.1 there is only Rcpp.so, not .dylib. I have
added this to the Xcode project, though I am not clear that it will be used.

After innumerable permutations in my attempts, I can only get as far as
reproducible problems with the string.h code from the Rcpp source (see
listing below taken directly from the Xcode 'issues' listing). I realise
there is a historic issue about the LLVM default compiler (now labelled
Apple LLVM 5.0), but I hoped that was what Makevars could solve.

Can anyone advise whether it is currently feasible to do what I want, and
ideally give more specific cues, please?

many thanks in advance

Roger Dean

roger.dean at uws.edu.au<mailto:roger.dean at uws.edu.au>
Reported Issues:

/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.1/Resources/library/Rcpp/include/Rcpp/String.h
/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.1/Resources/library/Rcpp/include/Rcpp/String.h:52:17:
Use of undeclared identifier 'internal'
/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.1/Resources/library/Rcpp/include/Rcpp/String.h:52:39:
Expected member name or ';' after declaration specifiers
/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.1/Resources/library/Rcpp/include/Rcpp/String.h:53:17:
Use of undeclared identifier 'internal'
/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.1/Resources/library/Rcpp/include/Rcpp/String.h:53:45:
Expected member name or ';' after declaration specifiers
/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.1/Resources/library/Rcpp/include/Rcpp/String.h:66:16:
Unknown type name 'SEXP'
/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.1/Resources/library/Rcpp/include/Rcpp/String.h:71:23:
Unknown type name 'StringProxy'
/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.1/Resources/library/Rcpp/include/Rcpp/String.h:75:23:
Unknown type name 'const_StringProxy'
/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.1/Resources/library/Rcpp/include/Rcpp/String.h:102:17:
Unknown type name 'Rcomplex'; did you mean '_Complex'?
/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.1/Resources/library/Rcpp/include/Rcpp/String.h:103:17:
Unknown type name 'Rbyte'
/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.1/Resources/library/Rcpp/include/Rcpp/String.h:108:35:
Unknown type name 'Rbyte'
/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.1/Resources/library/Rcpp/include/Rcpp/String.h:110:35:
Unknown type name 'Rcomplex'; did you mean '_Complex'?
/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.1/Resources/library/Rcpp/include/Rcpp/String.h:111:35:
Unknown type name 'SEXP'
/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.1/Resources/library/Rcpp/include/Rcpp/String.h:112:41:
Unknown type name 'StringProxy'
/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.1/Resources/library/Rcpp/include/Rcpp/String.h:170:42:
Unknown type name 'StringProxy'
/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.1/Resources/library/Rcpp/include/Rcpp/String.h:178:36:
Unknown type name 'SEXP'
/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.1/Resources/library/Rcpp/include/Rcpp/String.h:313:16:
Unknown type name 'SEXP'
/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.1/Resources/library/Rcpp/include/Rcpp/String.h:318:16:
Unknown type name 'SEXP'
/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.1/Resources/library/Rcpp/include/Rcpp/String.h:355:9:
Unknown type name 'SEXP'
/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.1/Resources/library/Rcpp/include/Rcpp/String.h:358:21:
Implicit instantiation of undefined template 'std::basic_string<char,
std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >'
Too many errors emitted, stopping now


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