[Rd] Reset an embedded R.dll

[Bernd Schoeller]

On Thu, 15 May 2008 06:04:51 -0000, Prof Brian Ripley  
<ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk> wrote:

>> Last question: Will I need to UNPROTECT_PTR all references held, or  
>> will the call to Rf_endEmbeddedR also free protected references?
>
> What is a 'reference' here?

Right, my question was imprecise. I meant 'SEXP' (which is a  
reference/pointer to a SEXPREC, as far as I understand it).

> Rf_endEmbeddedR  does what ending an R session does, no more, no less.

Ok - my question put differently: Will ending an R session run a full  
garbage collection, ignoring the 'protected' status of previously  
protected SEXP?

Bernd

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