Hi Reed, Unfortunately I don't think there is any other strategy here -- I would agree that your best bet is to just enable exceptions in the bundled library.
Best, Kevin On Fri, Apr 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM Reed A. Cartwright <racartwri...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have updated my package, rbedrock [1-2], to remove a bundled > library's calls to abort() and stderr when compiled with -DNDEBUG > (which is the default). This has mostly worked; however, I have > uncovered that libc++ contains inline functions that call abort() if > exceptions are disabled. > > My bundled library is a C++ library and is compiled with exceptions > turned off. I use its C-level interface in my package, so its C++ code > is mostly hidden from my package. When compiled on a platform with > libc++, libc++ introduces abort calls into the compiled package. This > is causing `R CMD check` to warn about abort() usage on those > platforms. > > I am wondering what people on this list think I should do? > > Should I enable exceptions in the bundled library and keep using the > C-level interface? (It doesn't throw any exceptions itself, but std > library calls might.) > > If there is any other strategy that I should try, please let me know. > > Thanks, > Reed > > [1] https://github.com/reedacartwright/rbedrock > [2] https://cran.r-project.org/package=rbedrock > [3] > https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/blob/release/12.x/libcxx/include/any#L107-L116 > > -- > Reed A. Cartwright, PhD > Associate Professor of Life Sciences > TEACh Representative - Evolution and Computational Courses > School of Life Sciences and The Biodesign Institute > Arizona State University > ================== > Address: The Biodesign Institute, PO Box 876401, Tempe, AZ 85287-6401 USA > Packages: The Biodesign Institute, 1001 S. McAllister Ave, Tempe, AZ > 85287-6401 USA > Office: Biodesign B-220C, 1-480-965-9949 > Website: http://cartwrig.ht/ > > ______________________________________________ > R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel ______________________________________________ R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel
