dependsAttribute {Rcpp} | R Documentation

## Rcpp::depends Attribute

### Description

The `Rcpp::depends` attribute is added to a C++ source file to indicate that it has a compilation dependency on one or more other packages. For example:

    // [[Rcpp::depends(RcppArmadillo)]]

### Arguments

`...` | Packages which the source file depends on for compilation

### Details

The `Rcpp::depends` attribute is used by the implementation of the `sourceCpp` function to correctly setup the build environment for `R CMD SHLIB`.

The include directories of the specified packages are added to the `CLINK_CPPFLAGS` environment variable. In addition, if the referenced package provides an inline plugin it is called to determine additional environment variables required to successfully build.

### Note

The `Rcpp::depends` attribute is specified using a syntax compatible with the new generalized attributes feature of the C++11 standard. Note however that since this feature is not yet broadly supported by compilers it needs to be specified within a comment (see examples below).

### See Also

`sourceCpp`

### Examples

    ## Not run:

    // [[Rcpp::depends(RcppArmadillo)]]

    // [[Rcpp::depends(Matrix, RcppGSL)]]

    ## End(Not run)

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