Making mechanism for external library/user-supplied code

[yizhang-yiz]

Summary:

Split from #931.
User may want to supplied his own C++ code and/or library. The compiling/linking may require special treatment. Stan Math needs a rule to treat this scenario.

Description:

User may want to supplied his own C++ code and/or library. The compiling/linking may require special treatment. Stan Math needs a rule to treat this scenario, and documentation and guide to help user understand the process.

Reproducible Steps:

n/a

Additional Information:

Provide any additional information here.

Current Version:

v2.17.0

[syclik]

Can you provide a concrete use case / example? We need to think of how much is the responsibility of the Math library to get this linking correct. That said, my guess is that the external linkage is not going to be the responsibility of the Math library. The Math library's makefiles are only responsible for building tests. It's not used to build executables for client code. Do you envision Math developers needing to link other things for tests within the Math library? It might be more appropriate at the CmdStan level.

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[yizhang-yiz]

Close to move to cmdstan

[bob-carpenter]

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[yizhang-yiz]

This issue was moved to stan-dev/cmdstan#630