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pydc: - fix double free triggered by capsule destructor, when freeing pydc and callback objects, manually
author Tassilo Philipp
date Fri, 24 May 2024 18:16:29 +0200
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1 % \VignetteIndexEntry{Dynamic R Binding to shared C libraries in a portable way}
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2 % \VignetteKeyword{dynport}
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3 % \VignetteKeyword{bindings}
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4 \documentclass{article}
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5 \usepackage{url}
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6 \begin{document}
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7 \title{Dynports: Dynamic R Bindings of shared C libraries in a portable way}
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8 \author{Daniel Adler}
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9 \maketitle
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11 \section{Introduction}
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13 A \emph{dynport} is mapped in R as a dynamically created R namespace
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14 containing wrapper functions, constants and type information objects
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15 (used in conjunction with utility functions from the package) to gain
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16 control over a large range of functionality offered by system service
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17 and binary components.
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18 These bindings can be written by hand but - as these are
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19 very structured using formal signatures - this process
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20 is also automated.
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21 Here is a list of dynports for the initial release:
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23 \begin{tabular}{lll}
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24 dynport & library & details\\
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25 \hline
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26 GL & OpenGL 1.0 & Portable 3D Graphics System Library \\
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27 glew & GL Extension Wrangler & Provides OpenGL 3.0 \\
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28 SDL & Simple DirectMedia Layer & Multimedia and user-interface. \\
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29 SDL\_ttf & SDL Font Rendering Library & True Type Font Rendering \\
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30 SDL\_image & SDL Image I/O Library & Image Loading and Saving in many formats \\
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31 \end{tabular}
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33 \end{document}
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