Tests of support fo C++ Standards ================================= R itself does not use C++, put provides suppoert for packages to do so via etc/Makeconf, used by R CMD INSTALL. The 'configure' script finds suitable settings for the CXX* macros, but it is not used on Windows. The test packages in this directory are to allow the settings to be tested, especially on Windows. For each standard to be tested, do something like mkdir Libs R CMD build testCXX17 R CMD INSTALL testCXX17_1.0.0.tar.gz -l Libs rm -r Libs testCXX17_1.0.0.tar.gz C++11 and C++14 are only supported in R < 4.6.0 so their test packages should fail to install on R >= 4.6.0. The other standards are supported in recent versions of R (C++26 for R >= 4.5.3 on Windowss).