RcppClassicExamples 0.1.4 on CRAN: Maintenance

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 16:20:00 CDT

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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