deprecate LdFlags() and RcppLdFlags()

plus some non-exported variants

ChangeLog

@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
+2018-07-28  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <edd@debian.org>
+
+	* R/RcppLdpath.R (RcppLdPath, RcppLdFlags, CxxFlags, RcppLdFlags)
+	(RcppCxx0xFlags): Marked as deprecated
+
+	* man/Rcpp-deprecated.Rd: Add exported functions LdFlags() and
+	RcppLdFlags() as deprecated
+	* man/RcppLdFlags.Rd: Idem
+
 2018-07-27  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <edd@debian.org>
 
-	* man/loadRcppModules-deprecated.Rd: Fix typo: was deprecated in
+	* man/loadRcppModules-deprecated.Rd: Fix typo; was deprecated in
 	0.12.5, not 0.16.5 which does not exist
 
 2018-07-26  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <edd@debian.org>

NAMESPACE

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ exportMethods(prompt, show, .DollarNames, initialize, "formals<-")
 export(Module,
        Rcpp.package.skeleton,
        populate,
-       loadRcppModules,  # deprecated since Rcpp 0.12.5
+       loadRcppModules,  # deprecated since Rcpp 0.12.5 released May 2016
        setRcppClass,
        loadRcppClass,
        loadModule,
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ export(Module,
        sourceCpp,
        compileAttributes,
        registerPlugin,
-       RcppLdFlags,
-       LdFlags,
+       RcppLdFlags,	# deprecated since Rcpp 0.12.19 released Sep 2018
+       LdFlags,		# deprecated since Rcpp 0.12.19 released Sep 2018
        demangle,
        sizeof,
        cpp_object_initializer,
@@ -39,5 +39,3 @@ S3method(format, Rcpp_stack_trace)
 S3method(str, Rcpp_stack_trace)
 S3method(print, Rcpp_stack_trace)
 exportClass(RcppClass)
-
-

R/RcppLdpath.R

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2010 - 2013 Dirk Eddelbuettel and Romain Francois
+# Copyright (C) 2010 - 2018  Dirk Eddelbuettel and Romain Francois
 #
 # This file is part of Rcpp.
 #
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ Rcpp.system.file <- function(...){
 ## Use R's internal knowledge of path settings to find the lib/ directory
 ## plus optinally an arch-specific directory on system building multi-arch
 RcppLdPath <- function() {
+    .Deprecated(msg=paste("This function is now deprecated as it has not",
+                          "been needed since 2013."))
     ""
 }
 
@@ -33,8 +35,12 @@ RcppLdPath <- function() {
 ## Updated Jan 2010:  We now default to static linking but allow the use
 ##                    of rpath on Linux if static==FALSE has been chosen
 ##                    Note that this is probably being called from LdFlags()
-## Updated Nov 2013:  We no longer build a library. This should be deprecated. 
-RcppLdFlags <- function() { "" }
+## Updated Nov 2013:  We no longer build a library. This should be deprecated.
+RcppLdFlags <- function() {
+    .Deprecated(msg=paste("This function is now deprecated as it has not",
+                          "been needed since 2013."))
+    ""
+}
 
 # indicates if Rcpp was compiled with GCC >= 4.3
 canUseCXX0X <- function() { TRUE }  # .Call( "canUseCXX0X", PACKAGE = "Rcpp" )
@@ -52,8 +58,11 @@ RcppCxxFlags <- function(cxx0x=FALSE) {
 ## Shorter names, and call cat() directly
 ## CxxFlags defaults to no using c++0x extensions are these are considered non-portable
 CxxFlags <- function(cxx0x=FALSE) {
+    .Deprecated(msg=paste("This function is now deprecated as R uses minimally",
+                          "viable compilers om all platforme."))
     cat(RcppCxxFlags(cxx0x=cxx0x))
 }
+
 ## LdFlags defaults to static linking on the non-Linux platforms Windows and OS X
 LdFlags <- function() {
     cat(RcppLdFlags())
@@ -64,11 +73,14 @@ RcppCapabilities <- capabilities <- function() .Call( rcpp_capabilities )
 
 # compile, load and call the cxx0x.c script to identify whether
 # the compiler is GCC >= 4.3
-RcppCxx0xFlags <- function(){
+RcppCxx0xFlags <- function() {
+    .Deprecated(msg=paste("This function is now deprecated as R uses minimally",
+                          "viable compilers om all platforme."))
     script <- Rcpp.system.file( "discovery", "cxx0x.R" )
     flag <- capture.output( source( script ) )
     flag
 }
 
-Cxx0xFlags <- function() cat( RcppCxx0xFlags() )
-
+Cxx0xFlags <- function() {
+    cat( RcppCxx0xFlags() )
+}

man/Rcpp-deprecated.Rd

@@ -6,6 +6,15 @@
   \pkg{Rcpp} package only, and may be removed in future versions.
 }
 \details{
-  \code{loadRcppModules} calls should now be replaced by
+  \itemize{
+  \item \code{\link{loadRcppModules}} calls should now be replaced by
   \code{\link{loadModule}} calls, one per Module.
+
+  \item \code{\link{LdFlags()}} and \code{\link{RcppLdFlags}} are no
+  longer required as no library is provided (or needed) by Rcpp (as it
+  was up until release 0.10.1).
+  }
 }
+\author{Dirk Eddelbuettel and Romain Francois}
+\keyword{programming}
+\keyword{interface}

man/RcppLdFlags.Rd

@@ -1,16 +1,18 @@
-\name{LdFlags}
+\name{LdFlags-deprecated}
 \alias{LdFlags}
 \alias{RcppLdFlags}
-\title{(Deprecated) Rcpp Linker Flags}
+\title{Deprecated Rcpp Linker Flags}
 \description{
-  In previous versions of Rcpp, \code{LdFlags} and \code{RcppLdFlags}  
-  were used to return the required flags and options for the system linker to 
-  link to the Rcpp user library. Since we no longer build or ship a 
-  user library, these functions now return an empty string.
+  In Rcpp versions prior to release 0.10.1 of November 2013,
+  \code{LdFlags} and \code{RcppLdFlags} were used to return the required
+  flags and options for the system linker to link to the Rcpp user
+  library. Since we no longer build or ship a user library, these
+  functions now return an empty string. As of Rcpp release 0.12.19,
+  these functions are now deprecated.
 }
 \usage{
-LdFlags()
-RcppLdFlags()
+  LdFlags()
+  RcppLdFlags()
 }
 \value{
   An empty string.