The package makes C++ Standard Template Library containersinteractively usable in R.
A brief summary of the discussion in the vignette: - Speed updevelopment workflows. - Use C++ data structures without a compiler. -Make C++ containers easily accessible to R users. - Push R towardsgeneral purpose language. - Bring performance of C++ containers toR.
An installation from source requires compilation. On Windows, youmust, therefore, have Rtools installed.
Install the package from GitHub:
devtools::install_github("cdueben/cppcontainers", build_vignettes = T)On various operating systems, you can skip the compilation step byinstalling the binary package fromCRAN:
install.packages("cppcontainers")New users may want to consult the vignette for an introduction to thepackage. It, e.g., briefly introduces the container types and listswhich method applies to which class.
You are welcome to contribute by reporting issues on GitHub or byextending the package through pull requests. Guidelines on coding styleand project organization are in inst/guidelines.md.