[Rd] R_parseVector and syntax error [was: error messages while parsing with rniParse]

Romain Francois
Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:02:41 -0000

Hello,

[I'm redirecting this here from stats-rosuda-devel]

When parsing R code through R_parseVector and the code generates an
error (syntax error), is there a way to grab the error.
It looks like yyerror populates the buffer "R_ParseErrorMsg", but then
the variable is not part of the public api.

Would it be possible to add yet another entry point to the parser that
would basically wrap R_parseVector so that it would have an extra char*
argument that would bring back the error message if there is an error?

Romain

Simon Urbanek wrote:
> On Jun 15, 2009, at 12:05 , Romain Francois wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> In JRI, is there a way to get the error message that is generated by
the
>> parser through rniParse
>> For example, if I have this :
>>
>> long y = re.rniParse( "rnorm( 10 ))", 1 ) ;
>>
>> this obviously generates a parse error, so y will be the same as
>> (R_NilValue) :
>>
>> long null_id = re.rniEval( re.rniParse( "NULL", 1 ), 0 ) ;
>>
>> I guess the underlying question is : "Is R_ParseErrorMsg exposed
to
>> JRI".
>
> AFAICT R_ParseErrorMsg and friends are not exposed by the R API - they
> are not accessible outside, so they cannot be use by JRI. It would be
> nice if there was a way of accessing that info, but R doesn't
> currently support that.
>
> Cheers,
> Simon
>
>> The reason is I would like to bring back the message as part of an
>> exception generated when the code does not parse.
>>
>> Romain


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