Hello,
I think I (superficially) understand the difference between:
// [[Rcpp::export]]
double sum1(Rcpp::NumericMatrix M) {
? ? arma::mat A(M.begin(), M.rows(), M.cols(), false);
? ? return sum(sum(A));
}
// [[Rcpp::export]]
double sum2(arma::mat A) {
? ? return sum(sum(A));
}
Partly out of laziness, partly because sum2 is more elegant, and
partly to avoid namespace pollution, I was wondering if there is a
way
to "force" a "shallow" copy in sum2.
If not, then may I submit a low priority feature request. An
attribute? Some thing like:
// [[Rcpp::export]]
double sum2(arma::mat A) {
? ? // [[ Rcpp::shallow ( A ) ]]
? ? return sum(sum(A));
}
Or (akin to C++11 generalized attributes)
// [[Rcpp::export]] { [[ Rcpp::shallow ( A ) ]] }
double sum2(arma::mat A) {
? ? return sum(sum(A));
}
An alternative is to have an argument in sourceCpp that takes a
list/vector of objects that are to be shallow or deep copied.
For example in sum1, if M is changed within the function before
casting to the arma::mat, then might be cleaner to add M to a
list/vector of objects to be deep copied rather than cloning M within
sum1: leads to one fewer variable name.
Just a thought. I can certainly live with the additional step. As
always, thanks for all the Rcpp goodness.
Cheers,
Changi Han