A first update of the still fairly new package tidyCpp is now on CRAN. The packages offers a C++ layer on top of the C API for R which aims to make its use a little easier and more consistent.
The vignette has been extended with a new examples, a new section and some general editing. A few new defines have been added mostly from the Rinternals.h header. We also replaced the Shield class with a simpler yet updated version class Protect. The name better represent the core functionality of offering a simpler alternative to the PROTECT and UNPROTECT macro pairing. We also added a short discussion to the vignette of a gotcha one has to be mindful of, and that we fell for ourselves in version 0.0.1. We also added a typedef so that code using Shield can still be used.
The NEWS entry follows.
Changes in tidyCpp version 0.0.2 (2020-11-12)
Expanded definitions in
internals.hto support new example.The vignette has been extended with an example based on package uchardet.
Class
Shieldhas been replaced by an new classProtect; a compatibilitytypdefhas been added.The examples and vignette have been clarified with respect to proper ownership of protected objects; a new vignette section was added.
Thanks to my CRANberries, there is also a diffstat report for this release.
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