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Author: eddelbuettel

ChangeLog

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+2014-01-23  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <[email protected]>
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+	* inst/announce/ANNOUNCE-0.11.0.txt: Added 
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 2014-01-19  Kevin Ushey  <[email protected]>
 
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 	* inst/include/Rcpp/vector/Vector.h: Add missing r_cast to vector
 	ctor from proxy
 
-2014-01-18  JJ Allaiare <[email protected]>
+2014-01-18  JJ Allaire <[email protected]>
 
         * R/Attributes.R: More restrictive matching of C++ file extensions
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 	* R/RcppLdpath.R (RcppCxxFlags): Restore function to supply values
 	for include files for packages not yet converted to LinkingTo:
 
-2014-01-16  JJ Allaiare <[email protected]>
+2014-01-16  JJ Allaire <[email protected]>
 
         * inst/include/Rcpp/macros/macros.h: Use Rf_onintr rather than
         non-public Rf_jump_to_toplevel

inst/announce/ANNOUNCE-0.11.0.txt

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+
+===== Summary =====
+
+Version 0.11.0 of the Rcpp package is now on CRAN and its mirrors.  
+
+This new release brings a number of new features, most noticably a simplified
+build, as well as improvements to existing features and bugfixes. Complete
+details can be found in the NEWS and ChangeLog files which are included in
+the package.
+
+
+
+===== Overview =====
+
+Rcpp is an R package and associated C++ library for seamless integration
+between C++ and R.  
+
+It has been described in a Journal of Statistical Software (2011, Vol 40,
+Issue 08) paper (also included in the package as the "Rcpp-introduction" pdf
+vignette) and a book "Seamless R and C++ Integration with Rcpp" (2013,
+Springer, useR! Series).
+
+As of early 2014, Rcpp is used by over 160 other CRAN packages making it the
+most widely-used language interface for R.
+
+Several key features of the new 0.11.0 release are described below.
+
+
+
+===== Building with Rcpp =====
+
+Thanks to the 'LinkingTo:' directive, R already instructed the compiler where
+to fine header files when writing code with Rcpp. The package now uses the
+registration facilities in R (see Section 5.4 in Writing R Extensions). With
+just an 'Imports: Rcpp' in DESCRIPTION along with an explicit import
+statement in the NAMESPACE file such 'importFrom(Rcpp, evalCpp)' all required
+Rcpp code will be properly instantiated without any explicit linking. [ Note
+that just using 'import(Rcpp)' is not sufficient, but any exported C++
+identifier should do -- evalCpp is nice and short. ]
+
+The key benefit is that package should no longer require files src/Makevars
+and src/Makevars.win to link with Rcpp, and many packages will be able to
+retire these values. The exception, of course, is the case where the package
+links against an external library.
+
+
+
+===== Rcpp attributes =====
+
+Rcpp attributes were a key innovation in the 0.10.0; they have matured
+further and have now become the standard way to build code with Rcpp.  See
+the dedicated vignette for details.
+
+
+==== C++11 Support =====
+
+R 3.1.0, to be released in a few month, will permit compilation using C++11,
+the newest C++ standard -- including for packages going to CRAN.  Rcpp had
+already supported 'local' builds using C++11 since version 0.10.3, simply add
+
+   [[Rcpp::plugins(cpp11)]]
+
+and Rcpp attributes takes care of the rest.
+
+
+===== Memory management =====
+
+A number of internal data structures were rewritten.
+
+
+
+===== Links =====
+
+Rcpp site:
+    http://www.rcpp.org
+
+Dirk's Rcpp page: 
+    http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/code/rcpp.html
+
+GitHub page: 
+    https://github.com/RcppCore/Rcpp
+
+R-forge project page: 
+    http://r-forge.r-project.org/projects/rcpp/
+
+Google+: 
+    https://plus.google.com/b/107029540907667241299/107029540907667241299/posts
+    
+
+
+===== Support =====
+
+Questions about Rcpp should be directed to the Rcpp-devel mailing list
+    https://lists.r-forge.r-project.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rcpp-devel
+
+While we prefer the mailing list, StackOverflow has also become a frequently
+used resource under the [rcpp] tag:
+    http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/rcpp
+
+
+
+On behalf of the Rcpp Core team,  
+
+   Dirk Eddelbuettel
+   January 2014
+
+
+