Release 0.3.15

ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+2024-09-18  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <[email protected]>
+
+	* DESCRIPTION (Version, Date): New release 0.3.15
+
+2024-09-11  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <[email protected]>
+
+	* configure: Support arm64 on macOS, switch to newer libraries
+	* src/Makefile.in: Idem
+	* src/Makefile.win: Idem
+	* .github/workflows/ci.yaml: Re-enable macOS CI via arm64
+	* DESCRIPTION: Updated reference to Bloomberg API SDK version
+
 2024-09-05  John Laing  <[email protected]>
 
 	* src/bsrch.cpp: Correct over-use of Name{}
@@ -56,7 +68,11 @@
 
 2022-10-25  Dr Michael Streatfield  <[email protected]>
 
-	* Fix minor typos in vignettes/rblpapi-intro.md
+	* vignettes/rblpapi-intro.md: Fix minor typos
+
+2022-10-22  John Laing  <[email protected]>
+
+	* R/lookup.R: A warning is issued when over 1000 results returned
 
 2022-10-05  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <[email protected]>
 

DESCRIPTION

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 Package: Rblpapi
 Title: R Interface to 'Bloomberg'
-Version: 0.3.14.1
-Date: 2024-08-27
+Version: 0.3.15
+Date: 2024-09-18
 Authors@R: c(person("Whit", "Armstrong", role = "aut"),
              person("Dirk", "Eddelbuettel", role = c("aut", "cre"), email = "[email protected]",
-                  comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0001-6419-907X")),
+                    comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0001-6419-907X")),
              person("John", "Laing", role = "aut"))
 Imports: Rcpp (>= 0.11.0), utils
 Suggests: xts, zoo, data.table, simplermarkdown, tinytest
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ SystemRequirements: A valid Bloomberg installation. The API headers and
  dynamic library are downloaded from <https://github.com/Rblp/blp> during the
  build step. See <https://bloomberg.github.io/blpapi-docs/cpp/3.24.6> as well as
  <https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/support/api-library/> for API
- documentation.
+ documentation. Currently supported platforms are Windows and Linux (both for
+ x86-64 processors only) as well as macOS (for arm64 only).  Other os-cpu pairings
+ are not supported by Bloomberg and can therefore not be supported here.
 URL: https://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/code/rblpapi.html, https://github.com/Rblp/Rblpapi
 BugReports: https://github.com/Rblp/Rblpapi/issues
 License: file LICENSE

README.md

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ goog_ge_px <- bdp(securities = c("GOOG US Equity","GE US Equity"),
 
 ### Status
 
-Fully functional on Linux, OS X and Windows.
+Fully functional on Windows and Linux (both for x86_64), and macOS (for arm64).
 
 ### Installation
 
@@ -66,6 +66,15 @@ usual via
 install.packages("Rblpapi")
 ```
 
+Builds are also available via [r-universe](https://rblp.r-universe.dev/Rblpapi) and can be installed
+via
+
+```r
+install.packages('Rblpapi', repos = c('https://rblp.r-universe.dev',
+                                      'https://cloud.r-project.org'))
+```
+
+
 Interim (source or binary) releases _may_ be also be made available through the
 [ghrr drat](https://ghrr.github.io/drat/) repository as well and can be accessed via
 

inst/NEWS.Rd

@@ -4,6 +4,23 @@
 \newcommand{\ghpr}{\href{https://github.com/Rblp/Rblpapi/pull/#1}{##1}}
 \newcommand{\ghit}{\href{https://github.com/Rblp/Rblpapi/issues/#1}{##1}}
 
+\section{Changes in Rblpapi version 0.3.15 (2024-09-18)}{
+  \itemize{
+    \item A warning is now issued if more than 1000 results are returned
+    (John in \ghpr{377} addressing \ghit{375})
+    \item A few typos in the rblpapi-intro vignette were corrected (Michael
+    Streatfield in \ghpr{378})
+    \item The continuous integration setup was updated (Dirk in \ghpr{388})
+    \item Deprecation warnings over \code{char*} where C++ class \code{Name}
+    is now preferred have been addressed (Dirk in \ghpr{391})
+    \item Several package files have been updated (Dirk in \ghpr{392})
+    \item The \code{request} formation has been corrected, and an example was
+    added (Dirk and John in \ghpr{394} and \ghpr{396})
+    \item The Bloomberg API has been upgraded to release 3.24.6.1 (Dirk in
+    \ghpr{397})
+  }
+}
+
 \section{Changes in Rblpapi version 0.3.14 (2022-10-05)}{
   \itemize{
     \item Build configuration was generalized to consider local copies
@@ -15,7 +32,7 @@
     \item The package no longer requires staged installation thanks to
     an assist from Tomas Kalibera (Dirk in \ghpr{373})
     \item The retired package \pkg{fts} is no longer suggested (Dirk in
-    \ghpr{374} closing \ghpr{372}) 
+    \ghpr{374} closing \ghpr{372})
   }
 }
 
@@ -61,7 +78,7 @@
   \itemize{
     \item The \code{start.date} format for \code{bdh} now allows character
     values with relative date expressions (John in \ghpr{267} fixing
-    \ghit{266}). 
+    \ghit{266}).
     \item Relative date values are allowed in return (John in \ghpr{269}
     fixing \ghit{268}).
     \item The \code{Rcpp::DateVector} class is used instead of a local
@@ -123,7 +140,7 @@
 \section{Changes in Rblpapi version 0.3.5 (2016-10-25)}{
   \itemize{
     \item Add new function \code{getPortfolio} to retrieve portfolio data
-    via \code{bds} (John in \ghpr{176}) 
+    via \code{bds} (John in \ghpr{176})
     \item Extend \code{getTicks()} to (optionally) return non-numeric
     data as part of \code{data.frame} or \code{data.table} (Dirk in
     \ghpr{200})
@@ -195,7 +212,7 @@
     \ghit{99}).
     \item The \code{getBars()} function now uses a single (named) vector
     \code{options} to pass optional values to the underlying function
-    (PR \ghpr{105} updating PR \ghpr{48} and fixing \ghit{47}). 
+    (PR \ghpr{105} updating PR \ghpr{48} and fixing \ghit{47}).
     \item When R is built with libcurl support, it used to download the
     build-time library and headers; otherwise \code{curl} is used. This
     avoids an issue on OS X where \code{curl} is insufficient.