add ChangeLog and NEWS entries for PR #310 by KK

Author: eddelbuettel

ChangeLog

@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@
         * inst/include/Rcpp/Function.h: catch empty error messages
         * inst/include/Rcpp/api/meat/Rcpp_eval.h: protect call
 
+2015-06-24  Qiang Kou <[email protected]>
+
+        * inst/include/Rcpp/String.h: Support encodings
+        * src/String.cpp: Ditto
+        * inst/unitTests/runit.String.R: Add unit tests
+
 2015-06-18  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <[email protected]>
 
         * R/Attributes.R (evalCpp): Add support for plugings argument

inst/NEWS.Rd

@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@
     \item Changes in Rcpp API:
     \itemize{
       \item All internal length variables have been changed from \code{R_len_t}
-      to \code{R_xlen_t} to support vectors longer than 2^31-1 elements (via a
-      pull request by Qiang Kou)
+      to \code{R_xlen_t} to support vectors longer than 2^31-1 elements (via 
+      pull request 303 by Qiang Kou)
       \item The sugar function \code{sapply} now supports lambda functions
+      \item \code{String} constructors now allow encodings (via pull request 310
+      by Qiang Kou)
     }
     \item Changes in Rcpp Attributes:
     \itemize{