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rdyncall 0.10.0

  • Restore package compilation on current R toolchains (#19).
  • Update the bundled dyncall source and stop tracking generated static libraries (#19).
  • Replace deprecated/internal R C API usage with public accessors where possible (#19).
  • Support dynlist() for macOS dyld shared cache libraries (#20).
  • Generate real on-disk R packages from DCF DynPort files via dynport() (#28).
  • Improve generated DynPort packages with argument-preserving wrappers, variadic function metadata, generated help pages and a cleanup helper for the managed DynPort library (#52).
  • Keep DynPort parsing isolated from already attached generated packages so rebuilding or rerunning a generated package in the same R session remains repeatable (#55).
  • Preserve original C symbol names in generated DynPort packages while validating unsafe DynPort metadata and generated namespace/help output (#62).
  • Support Constant and Variadic fields in DCF DynPort files, including binding variadic entries through dyncall_variadic() (#53).
  • Add dyncall_variadic() for calling C variadic functions with explicit call-site vararg signatures (#35).
  • Allow dynbind() to accept direct library paths and existing external pointer handles in addition to short library names (#29).
  • Improve dynfind() discovery for libraries installed by common package managers, including Homebrew, MacPorts, Linuxbrew and Scoop (#31).
  • Improve dynfind() discovery of the current R runtime library and avoid treating same-named directories as direct dynbind() library paths (#39).
  • Add dynfind_explain() diagnostics for shared-library discovery and expand Windows library discovery coverage (#48).
  • Return nested aggregate fields from $ as raw-backed struct objects so they can be reused for field access and aggregate by-value calls (#33).
  • Fix cstruct() and cunion() field parsing when whitespace follows the type signature (#21).
  • Store aggregate field names in the explicit typeinfo$fields$name column (#21).
  • Fix DynPort union size calculation when known storage fields appear alongside opaque members, allowing SDL_Event values to be allocated from the generated SDL3 binding (#56).
  • Add dedicated print methods for typeinfo, struct, ctype, dynbind.report and floatraw objects (#41).
  • Add callback_status(), callback_is_active() and callback_last_error() for inspecting rdyncall callback invocation and error state (#49).
  • Add by-value aggregate argument and return support to ccallback() for the implemented x86_64 and ARM64 dyncallback backends (#50).
  • Add struct and union bitfield layout, access, DynPort parsing, and by-value aggregate support (#26).
  • Add the rdyncall.callvm.size option to configure CallVM argument stack size at package load (#22).
  • Add by-value aggregate argument and return support to dyncall() for registered struct and union types on supported dyncall backends, including ARM64 aggregate ABI handling (#23).
  • Harden low-level argument validation for typed pointer signatures, packing helpers and pointer offsets (#59).
  • Support fixed-size array fields in struct and union type signatures via the type[N] suffix (#26).
  • Add @packed, @pack(n) and @align(n) layout directives for cstruct(), cunion() and DynPort aggregate definitions (#26).
  • Refresh roxygen-generated documentation and package metadata for renewed development (#19).
  • Generate NAMESPACE from roxygen2 metadata instead of maintaining it by hand (#40).
  • Modernize GitHub Actions checks across Linux, macOS, and Windows, with an optional R-hub workflow for extended platform checks (#19).

rdyncall 0.9

  • Update: use the latest dyncall version.
  • Improve dynamic library search for Windows.
  • Update package refactoring per CRAN requirements.

rdyncall 0.8

  • Reimplement simplified version of dynfind().
  • Add dynport: pcap.
  • Minor documentation update for SDL installation on Solaris/OpenCSW.
  • Fix ARMv7 Thumb-2 ISA and SPARC-v7/v9, x86_64-x64 and mips-o32 ABIs.

rdyncall 0.7.5

CRAN release: 2012-09-12

  • Add support for new ARM ABI armhf (ARM hardfloat), tested on Raspberry Pi (armv6) and Efika MX Smartbook (armv7).
  • Accept NULL for typed pointer arguments.
  • Add support for *v (void*) return type signature in dyncall().
  • Add support for **c and external pointers to support strptrarray().
  • Change dynport containers from R namespaces to environment objects to remove .Internal calls and :: operators on dynports; dynports are unloaded via detach(dynport:<PORTNAME>).
  • Improve finalizer management of callbacks.
  • Add backward compatibility with R 2.10 for legacy Mac OS X 10.4/PowerPC R port.
  • Add dynports: csound, GLUT, glfw, EGL, glpk.
  • Add demos: glpk, gles (partial work).

rdyncall 0.7.4

  • Update dyncall support for SPARC 32/64 and SunPro with fixes for SPARC 64-bit.
  • Add dynport SDL_net.
  • Add public helper function offsetPtr().
  • Fix R 2.14 namespace handling and missing lazyData field in Env.

rdyncall 0.7.3

  • Fix Fedora/x64 by adding search path lib64 folder for dynfind().
  • Add support for Sun make; DynCall uses Makefile.embedded.
  • Add SPARC and SPARC64 support using GCC tool-chain.
  • Add support for amd64 using Solaris tool-chain.
  • Add vignette “foreign library interface”.
  • Fix Solaris/x64 by adding search path amd64 folder for dynfind().
  • Fix examples for libm using m.so.6 besides m on Unix, needed by Debian 6 sid unstable.

rdyncall 0.7.2

  • Add win64/mingw64 support.

rdyncall 0.7.1

  • Minor Makevars fix for parallel builds.

rdyncall 0.7.0

  • First upload to CRAN.