Add the '13 steps for package with C++ library' paper?

[eddelbuettel]

How to build R package with an external C++ library is still tricky, with or without Rcpp. In workshops I often mention three cases of i) headers-only, ii) small sources (to be included), iii) large sources (external library) and mention that especially the latter one is still hard esp cross-platform.

Now, I did sit down in November on wrote down some notes that turned into a arXiv pre-print (at arxiv.org/abs/1911.06416) that I actually never really announced,. Somehow made it into a twitter thread recently, and people seem to find it useful. It occurred to me that we could stick it into the package as a new vignette as well.

Thoughts? Yay? Nay?

[jwood000]

@eddelbuettel,

I think this would be a great idea. I have never seen the linked article before this morning and just with a quick read, this is fantastic stuff.

As an avid Rcpp user, the vignettes are a staple of my mine and I point many people seeking help with Rcpp questions to the vignettes often. If added, this would be yet another authoritative and concise resource to help others.

in short, Yay!

[coatless]

@jwood000 you may want to check out https://github.com/r-pkg-examples ;)

[eddelbuettel]

So after four days we have

• one yay
• zero nays
• one commercial for something else (hi, @coatless)

which I read as mildly in favour. Proceeding...