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The goal of armadillo (previously cpp11armadillo) is to provide a novel approach to use the Armadillo C++ library by using the header-only cpp11 R package and to simplify things for the end-user.
New features
- Completely rewritten documentation, which now aims to cover all the essentials to get started with C++ and Armadillo.
- New examples, which are clearer and more informative.
- New Makevars template with commented debbuging flags and that allows to set the number of cores.
- Uses Armadillo version Cortisol Retox 12.6.7.
Installation
You can install the development version of cpp11armadillo like so:
remotes::install_github("pachadotdev/cpp11armadillo")
Or from CRAN:
install.packages("armadillo")
Documentation and preprint
The preprint by Jonathan Schneider and yours truly is available at arXiv, and it covers the main features and the common pitfalls that R users might encounter when using C++.
The documentation is available on the pkgdown site.
Source code
The source code is available on GitHub.
Continue reading:
armadillo 0.3.0 is available on CRAN