[Rcpp-devel] Rcpp-devel Digest, Vol 17, Issue 5

I am facing the task of writing an R interface to a rather large C++
library.

It might not hurt to provide a link to your project, if possible.
Non-trivial examples of Rcpp use should be of broad interest here.

The library does not make use of the R API.

I don't see how that hurts.  Do you use any other (external)
libraries, or is it fully self-contained?

The "Writing R Extensions" manual offers information about
memory allocation in section 6.1.

Not surprisingly, the "Extensions" manual doesn't fully cover your use-case :)
The Rcpp-modules vignette might help clarify some issues r.e.
integrating C++ libraries with R. Hopefully others can comment more on
your specific memory management questions.

-christian

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