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unwind_protect and safe[] can only be used for SEXP or void return #67

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@bkietz

This introduces unnecessary boilerplate when using a function like Rf_translateCharUTF8 which returns const char*:

const char* c_p = nullptr;
unwind_protect([&] { c_p = Rf_translateCharUTF8(STRING_ELT(from, 0)); });
return c_p[0];

It would be fairly straightforward to extend these to allow:

      return unwind_protect([&] { return Rf_translateCharUTF8(STRING_ELT(from, 0)); })[0];

Or even (provided STRING_ELT doesn't require protection):

      return safe[Rf_translateCharUTF8](STRING_ELT(from, 0))[0];

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