FoReco 1.3.0

Breaking changes

• FoReco2matrix() is no longer exported. Use the new components() method on foreco objects (see New features below), which provides the same splitting of reconciled forecasts by temporal aggregation order.
• recoinfo() has been removed. The same information is now available via summary() on a foreco object.
• res2matrix() is soft-deprecated via lifecycle::deprecate_warn() and will be removed in a future release. Use as_hstack_telayout() or as_hstack_ctlayout() instead.

New features

• New S3 class foreco for reconciled forecasts, returned by every reconciliation function (csrec(), terec(), ctrec(), csbu(), tebu(), ctbu(), cstd(), tetd(), cttd(), csmo(), temo(), ctmo(), cslcc(), telcc(), ctlcc(), csmvn(), temvn(), ctmvn(), cssmp(), tesmp(), ctsmp(), tcsrec(), cstrec(), iterec()). The class extends the underlying matrix or distributional object with a "FoReco" attribute that stores framework, function used, forecast type ("point" or "probabilistic") and reconciliation-specific metadata, and provides dedicated print(), summary(), plot(), components() methods.
• Exported low-level constructor new_foreco_class() so that companion packages can produce objects that integrate with FoReco's print(), summary(), plot() and components() methods.
• Implemented the generics::components() method for foreco objects, with cs, te, keep_names and temporal_names arguments to filter series and temporal aggregation orders.

Bug fixes and documentation

• Fixed a bug in csrec() that occurred when the constraint matrix was not in the form derived by the aggregation matrix.
• Added examples block to every exported function that was previously missing one (e.g. teboot()).
• Revised the title field of every file so that all man page titles consistently follow title case.
• Replaced patterns of the form t(A) %*% B and A %*% t(B) throughout the internal routines with crossprod(A, B) and tcrossprod(A, B) respectively.