Dirk Eddelbuettel: RcppClassicExamples 0.1.4 on CRAN: Maintenance

Another minor maintenance release version 0.1.4 of package RcppClassicExamples
arrived earlier today on CRAN,
and has been built for r2u. This package
illustrates usage of the old and otherwise deprecated initial Rcpp API
which no new projects should use as the normal and current Rcpp API is so much better.

This release, the first in two and half years, mostly aids Rcpp in moving from
Rf_error() to Rcpp::stop() for better
behaviour under error conditions or excections. A few other things were
updated in the interim such as standard upgrade to continuous
integration, use of Authors@R, and switch to static linking and an
improved build to support multiple macOS architectures.

No new code or features. Full details below. And as a reminder, don’t
use the old RcppClassic – use Rcpp
instead.

Changes in version 0.1.4
(2026-03-16)

• Continuous integration has been updated several times

• DESCRIPTION now uses Authors@R

• Static linking is enforced, RcppClassic (>= 0.9.14)
  required

• Calls to Rf_error() have been replaced with
  Rcpp::stop()

• Updated versioned dependencies

Thanks to CRANberries, you
can also look at a diff
to the previous release.

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