Re: [R] GetRNGstate() crashes with 'Segmentation fault'

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From: ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk
Date: Sat 21 Dec 2002 - 04:52:44 EST


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On Fri, 20 Dec 2002, Timur Elzhov wrote:

> On Fri, Dec 20, 2002 at 04:56:31PM +0000, ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk wrote:
>
> > > ~> ./a
> > > Segmentation fault
> > Whyever do you think that should work?
> >
> > If you want to link against libR.so and call into R, you do need to
> > initialize R, and you have not done so.
> >
> > I also don't see that the program has any use. The complicated ways to
> > manipulate the random number generator are really only of any use from R
> > code (via C code, perhaps).
> Yes, this code was intended to be used from R! I decided just to
> test it this way ;) . So, it seems to be impossible to write
> separate program, link it against R library, test it (and then create
> shared library to used from within R)?

It's not impossible, but it is not straightforward.

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