Main Data Structures

[coatless]

• RObject
  • Policy-based design
  • List main policies
• Vector
  • 1D homogenous array
  • Policies
  • typedefs
  • constructors
  • warn about pointer structure
  • example creations (include clone)
• Matrix
  • 2D homogeneous class built on vector
  • policies
  • typedefs
  • constructors
  • warn about pointer structure
  • example creations (include clone)
• List (even though it's really just a Vector in disguise)
  • 1D heterogenous array typedef of vector
  • note different initialization values (not 0, defaults to NULL)
  • example creations of named/unnamed with shorthand _["a"]
• DataFrame
  • 2D heterogenous typedef of DataFrame_Impl extends Vector
  • emphasis special creation
  • example creations of named with shorthand _["a"]
  • note that unnamed DataFrames throw an error.
• Date
  • single unit connect w/ DateVector
  • constructors
  • examples
• Datetime
  • single unit connect w/ DatetimeVector
  • constructors
  • examples

[eddelbuettel]

I would mention RObject as it is a cleaner alternative to using SEXP when you need something like a union type.