cmdstanr v0.6.0

Major new features

• New methods for accessing log_prob, grad_log_prob, hessian, un/constrain variables by @andrjohns in #701. See ?init_model_methods.
• New expose_functions() method to expose Stan functions to R by @andrjohns in #702. See ?expose_functions.

Other changes

• mod$variables works w includes in precompile state (fix #680) by @MKyhos in #682
• Update broken link for Stan OpenCL support page by @erictleung in #686
• Add newline to check syntax output by @rok-cesnovar in #689
• Allow exposing functions without sampling by @andrjohns in #705
• Expose skeleton by @andrjohns in #706
• WSL - Run cmdstan and models under WSL filesystem by @andrjohns in #696
• Bugfix - Deep copy method/function environments by @andrjohns in #709
• Add option for including jacobian adjustments in hessian method by @andrjohns in #710
• WSL Optimisations and Bugfixes for CI by @andrjohns in #711
• add stancflags from make/local by @rok-cesnovar in #690
• Update co-authors by @andrjohns in #715
• Update model methods parameter naming and extract skeleton function by @andrjohns in #724
• Add method for unconstraining all parameter draws by @andrjohns in #729
• Improve efficiency of variable matching by @sbfnk in #736
• Add verbosity to download output and errors by @andrjohns in #745
• Update handling of show_messages, add show_exceptions by @andrjohns in #746
• Rtools43 support by @andrjohns in #755
• Add stanc M1 make patch, suppress boost warnings by @andrjohns in #756
• more examples of summary method by @gravesti in #751
• Fix model$format and model$check_syntax for compiled models with include-paths by @adrian-lison in #775
• Generalise RTools config/support by @andrjohns in #777
• New posterior vignette by @gravesti in #719
• Add moment-matching support to $loo() method by @andrjohns in #778
• replace \ with function (enables cmdstanr to install on R versions <= 4.0) by @jsocolar in #789

New Contributors

• @MKyhos made their first contribution in #682
• @erictleung made their first contribution in #686
• @sbfnk made their first contribution in #736
• @gravesti made their first contribution in #751
• @adrian-lison made their first contribution in #775

Full Changelog: v0.5.3...v0.6.0