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On Wed, 24 Apr 2024 15:31:39 -0500 (CDT) luke-tierney--- via R-devel <r-devel at r-project.org> wrote: > We would be better off (in my view, not necessarily shared by others > in R-core) if we could get to a point where: > > all entry points listed in installed header files can be used in > packages, at least with some caveats; > > the caveats are

...truth" for what is in the API, and could be seen at a glance by browsing / grepping the installed R headers. I see this as a structured way of accomplishing what is already being done to clarify whether functions are part of the API in the R headers. A similar approach would have macros like R_API, or with a bit more specificity, maybe something like R_API(ALTREP), which would have no actual definition -- they would exist in the source purely to mark functions as part of (some subset of) the API. Or, similarly, anything declared within a block like R_API {} would be considered part of the AP...