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# rpy2_rinterface: Low-level interface from Python to R

## Description

rpy2-rinterface provides the low-level CFFI-based interface between Python and the R statistical computing environment. It handles the embedding of R within a Python process and the translation of data structures between the two languages.

This package was split out from rpy2 starting with version 3.6.

## License

GPL-2.0-or-later

## Upstream Contact

https://pypi.org/project/rpy2-rinterface/

## Type

optional

## Dependencies

- $(PYTHON)

- $(PYTHON_TOOLCHAIN)

- cffi: Foreign Function Interface for Python calling C code

- pycparser: Parser of the C language in Python

## Version Information

package-version.txt:

    3.6.6

## Equivalent System Packages

(none known)

However, these system packages will not be used for building Sage because `spkg-configure.m4` has not been written for this package; see Issue #27330 for more information.