R devel - Dec 2019 - source definition for R_NilValue/return from TYPEOF(R_NilValue)

Hello,

for reasons I want to know the return value of TYPEOF(R_NilValue), I
expect it to be NILSXP, but I can't find this documented anywhere.
Ideally, I'd like to see the source definition of R_NilValue, but after
fair bit of searching I cannot find an obviously location for this.

Would someone please point me in the right direction?

thanks
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It is in the source:
https://github.com/wch/r-source/blob/ea8c13aef93058c71d647619583b561567856584/src/include/Rinternals.h#L110
https://github.com/wch/r-source/blob/ea8c13aef93058c71d647619583b561567856584/src/include/Rinternals.h#L1798

It could probably be in
https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/r-devel/R-lang.html#NULL-object

Gabor

On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 9:59 AM Dan Kortschak
<dan.kortschak at adelaide.edu.au> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> for reasons I want to know the return value of TYPEOF(R_NilValue), I
> expect it to be NILSXP, but I can't find this documented anywhere.
> Ideally, I'd like to see the source definition of R_NilValue, but after
> fair bit of searching I cannot find an obviously location for this.
>
> Would someone please point me in the right direction?
>
> thanks
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On Sun, 15 Dec 2019 10:47:11 +0000
Dan Kortschak <dan.kortschak at adelaide.edu.au> wrote:
> I'd like to see the source definition of R_NilValue, but after
> fair bit of searching I cannot find an obviously location for this.
> 
> Would someone please point me in the right direction?
As far as I understand, the assignment to R_NilValue happens in
src/main/memory.c:

https://github.com/wch/r-source/blob/776929704cb4f9398f52805f48f2c93582ec3d38/src/main/memory.c#L2186

(see the definition of GET_FREE_NODE(s) in the same file)

Besides declaring R_NulValue as "extern" and assignments in void
InitMemory(), there doesn't seem to be anything else.

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Thank you, but those source lines do not address the issue here.

Dan

On Mon, 2019-12-16 at 10:02 +0000, G?bor Cs?rdi wrote:
> It is in the source:
>
https://github.com/wch/r-source/blob/ea8c13aef93058c71d647619583b561567856584/src/include/Rinternals.h#L110
>
https://github.com/wch/r-source/blob/ea8c13aef93058c71d647619583b561567856584/src/include/Rinternals.h#L1798
>
> It could probably be in
>
https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/r-devel/R-lang.html#NULL-object
>
> Gabor
>
> On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 9:59 AM Dan Kortschak
> <dan.kortschak at adelaide.edu.au> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > for reasons I want to know the return value of TYPEOF(R_NilValue),
> > I
> > expect it to be NILSXP, but I can't find this documented anywhere.
> > Ideally, I'd like to see the source definition of R_NilValue, but
> > after
> > fair bit of searching I cannot find an obviously location for this.
> >
> > Would someone please point me in the right direction?
> >
> > thanks
> > --
> > CRICOS provider code 00123M
> >
> > ______________________________________________
> > R-devel at r-project.org mailing list
> > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
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Thanks, Ivan. That answers the question perfectly.

Dan

On Mon, 2019-12-16 at 13:33 +0300, Ivan Krylov wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Dec 2019 10:47:11 +0000
> Dan Kortschak <dan.kortschak at adelaide.edu.au> wrote:
>
> > I'd like to see the source definition of R_NilValue, but after
> > fair bit of searching I cannot find an obviously location for this.
> >
> > Would someone please point me in the right direction?
>
> As far as I understand, the assignment to R_NilValue happens in
> src/main/memory.c:
>
>
https://github.com/wch/r-source/blob/776929704cb4f9398f52805f48f2c93582ec3d38/src/main/memory.c#L2186
>
> (see the definition of GET_FREE_NODE(s) in the same file)
>
> Besides declaring R_NulValue as "extern" and assignments in void
> InitMemory(), there doesn't seem to be anything else.
>
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