Changelog

Source: NEWS.md

stbl 0.4.0

Breaking changes

• to_df() and to_lst() now error if extra arguments are passed in .... Previously, these extra arguments were silently discarded (#200).
• to_chr() now converts named functions to a string representing their name instead of erroring. Package functions are returned as "pkg::fn" (e.g., to_chr(mean) returns "base::mean"). Anonymous functions still produce an informative error. This behavior extends to to_chr_scalar(), stabilize_chr(), and stabilize_chr_scalar() (#251).

New functions

• New pkg_inform() and pkg_warn() signal classed messages and warnings, respectively, with an opinionated class hierarchy, mirroring pkg_abort(). New expect_pkg_message_classes() and expect_pkg_warning_classes() test that the expected classes are thrown, and expect_pkg_message_snapshot() and expect_pkg_warning_snapshot() snapshot-test the full output in one step (#213).
• New function to() coerces x to the type of its .to argument. stbl_to() is also registered as a C callable in a new public C API (#182).
• New to_fn(), are_fn_ish(), and is_fn_ish() add the fn type family to stbl. to_fn() coerces strings and symbols to functions. is_fn_ish() checks whether a single object can be safely coerced to a function. are_fn_ish() checks each element of a character vector for syntactic fn-ishness (bare name or "pkg::fn" form) (#250).

Bug fixes

• expect_pkg_error_snapshot(), expect_pkg_message_snapshot(), and expect_pkg_warning_snapshot() now produce stable snapshots when run under devtools::test_coverage_active_file(). specify_cls() and related specify_*() functions now also produce stable function-body snapshots under coverage (#253).
• expect_pkg_message_classes() and expect_pkg_warning_classes() now support assignments inside object (e.g. result <- fn_that_warns()). expect_pkg_message_snapshot() and expect_pkg_warning_snapshot() inherit the same fix (#234).

Other changes

• are_*_ish(), to_*(), stabilize_dbl(), and stabilize_int() are all significantly faster for large vectors, with benchmarks showing roughly 3–20× throughput improvements (#217, #218, #219, #220, #221, #226, #239).
• The are_*_ish(), to_*(), and range-check functions are now registered as C callables, as are the *_to_chr and *_to_fct families (stbl_chr_to_fct(), stbl_dbl_to_chr(), stbl_dbl_are_chrish(), stbl_fct_to_chr(), stbl_fct_are_chrish(), stbl_int_to_chr(), stbl_int_are_chrish(), stbl_int_to_fct(), stbl_lgl_to_chr(), and stbl_lgl_are_chrish()) (#235, #237, #241).
• is_fct_ish() now accepts a max_levels argument to limit the number of unique non-NA levels (#231).

stbl 0.3.0

CRAN release: 2026-04-04

Breaking changes

• to_chr_scalar(), to_dbl_scalar(), to_fct_scalar(), to_int_scalar(), to_lgl_scalar(), stabilize_chr_scalar(), stabilize_dbl_scalar(), stabilize_fct_scalar(), stabilize_int_scalar(), stabilize_lgl_scalar(), specify_chr_scalar(), specify_dbl_scalar(), specify_fct_scalar(), specify_int_scalar(), and specify_lgl_scalar() (and their synonyms) now default to allow_null = FALSE and allow_zero_length = FALSE. Pass allow_null = TRUE or allow_zero_length = TRUE to restore the previous behavior (#189, #197).

Potential breaking changes

• Several conditions that formerly included a subclass of “stbl-error-must” no longer include that subclass. This only occurs when “stbl-error-must” was not the most specific subclass (i.e., when a more specific subclass was already included), and therefore should not impact most if any code (#136).

New features

• New long-form and British-spelling synonym functions for all class functions. For example, to_character() is a synonym for to_chr(), specify_logical() for specify_lgl(), and stabilise_*() for all stabilize_*() functions (#164, #167).
• New expect_pkg_error_classes() checks that an error with the expected set of classes is thrown by pkg_abort(), and expect_pkg_error_snapshot() snapshot-tests the full error output in one step by combining expect_snapshot() with expect_pkg_error_classes() (#136, #188). New pkg_abort() throws errors with a standardized, opinionated collection of classes (#136).
• New specification functions: specify_*() creates a "stbl_specified_fn", a call to the corresponding stabilize_*() function with arguments pre-filled. For example, stabilize_email <- specify_chr(regex = "^[^@]+@[^@]+\\.[^@]+$") creates a stabilize_email() function that validates email addresses (#147, #148, #149, #150, #151, #153, #161).
• New stabilize_df() and specify_df() validate data frame structure and contents (#142).
• New stabilize_lst() and specify_lst() validate list structure and contents and create pre-configured validators for nested validation (#110, #204).
• New stabilize_present() validates that a value is non-NULL without imposing any type constraints (#110).
• New to_df() (and synonym to_data_frame()) coerces compatible objects to a data frame, including named lists and named atomic vectors (e.g., to_df(letters)), with informative errors for incompatible inputs such as jagged lists (#142, #201, #203).
• New to_lst() (and synonym to_list()) coerces an object to a list, with conditional checks for NULL and functions (#157, #166).

Other changes

• Revised the “Getting started with stbl” vignette to clarify what happens at each step (#139, #143, #144).
• Clarified error messages (#176, #177).

stbl 0.2.0

CRAN release: 2025-09-16

New features

• New predicate functions check if an object can be safely coerced to a specific type. The is_*_ish() family (is_chr_ish(), is_dbl_ish(), is_fct_ish(), is_int_ish(), and is_lgl_ish()) checks the entire object at once. The are_*_ish() family (are_chr_ish(), are_dbl_ish(), are_fct_ish(), are_int_ish(), and are_lgl_ish()) checks each element of a vector individually (#23, #93).
• New functions for working with doubles are available: to_dbl(), to_dbl_scalar(), stabilize_dbl(), and stabilize_dbl_scalar() (#23).
• stabilize_chr() now accepts patterns from stringr::regex(), stringr::fixed(), and stringr::coll() (#87), and can generate more informative error messages for regex failures via the new regex_must_match() and regex_must_not_match() helper functions (#52, #85, #86, #89).

Minor improvements and fixes

• Error messages are now clearer and more standardized throughout the package (#95).
• to_*() functions now consistently flatten list-like inputs when no information would be lost in the process (#128).
• to_fct() now lists the allowed values in its error message when a value is not in the expected set, making it easier to debug (#67).
• to_lgl() now coerces character representations of numbers (e.g., “0” and “1”) to FALSE and TRUE respectively (#30).

Documentation

• The purpose of and vision for this package are now more clearly described in documentation (#56, #77).
• New vignette("stbl") provides an overview of the package and its functions (#42).

stbl 0.1.1

CRAN release: 2024-05-23

• Update formatting in DESCRIPTION and examples.

stbl 0.1.0

• Initial CRAN submission.