On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 3:20 PM, Dirk Eddelbuettel <[email protected]> wrote:
> > The Rcpp (and RInside) documentation attempts to make it clear that the set > of supported compilers is definied by R Core via the support in R and its > tools. > > Rcpp is first and foremost an extension package for R, it does not live by > itself out there in the wild. So useful compilers are the ones used by R > Core and the CRAN support teams. > > In other words, Rcpp is supported for > > gcc/g++ on Linux, OS X and Windows (via MinGW in Rtools for the latter) > > suncc on Linux, Solaris and whereever else you find it > > and just about nothing else. > > Two gcc-compatible compilers may also work: Intel's icc (has anybody here > tried it?) as well as the newer up-and-coming clang/llvm for which we > already > applied a patch. > > Astute reader will by now have realized that this list does included > products > from Microsoft, Borland, ... Indeed, those compilers *are not supported*. > > This does not seem to stop people from trying, and possibly getting very > frustrated. Some folks then send us mail asking for help -- but as per the > discussion above there is no reasonable expectation of such support. > > Long story short: Going forward we will test for suitable compilers in the > header files and emit an error pragma if no matching compiler is detected. > If you plan on working with icc, please email us --- gcc, suncc and clang > should be taken care of. > What does "issue an error pragma" mean? Does this mean it will be impossible to compile if a compiler other than the supported ones is used? > > Cheers, Dirk > > -- > Dirk Eddelbuettel | [email protected] | http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com > _______________________________________________ > Rcpp-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.r-forge.r-project.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rcpp-devel >
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