[R] How to detach binary objects/libraries?

[Peter Dimitrov]

Hi all,

First, I want to apologize if this question has been already answered. I
have a RedHat 7.2. system with recently patched version of R-1.4.1. I'm
in a process of writing R package, say X, that loads some C++ code.
Currently, while adding functionality to it in both R and C++ sources,
I'm getting crashes every time I detach/load/access the C++ function(s).
Typical transcript follows:

> library(X)
Loading required package: mva 
> is.loaded("exp_dist_fast") # The name of the C stub function
[1] TRUE
> detach(package:X)
> is.loaded("exp_dist_fast")
[1] TRUE # Problem?
> library(X) # Load X after changes in the C/C++ code
> is.loaded("exp_dist_fast") # or .C("exp_dist_fast",...)

Process R:1 segmentation fault at Mon Mar 25 12:17:57 2002

What is the way to cleanly unload the object code and is there better
mechanism than detach(package:X)?

Thanks,

Peter Dimitrov

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