minimum data.table

[sbfnk]

turns out this line in the new non-randomised PIT

scoringutils/R/metrics-sample.R

Line 582 in 0761099

f_bar <- function(u) {

relies on a fairly cutting-edge data.table version (1.16.0, released 25 August 2024) that supports a vector for default

We either have to require this version as a minimum or change the code.

[nikosbosse]

does that data.table version have any relevant dependencies? If not then I don't mind either way (maybe very slight preference for not requiring the latest data.table version, but 🤷)

[sbfnk]

I don't think data.table has any dependencies apart from methods. One benefit of introducing a dependency on 1.16.0 is that we could also make the code introduced in #974 much more concise (and efficient) using fcase(). It seems fine to me to depend on a recent CRAN version, but if we think it's an issue then replacing the facse code with if/else statements also would not be a big deal.

[nikosbosse]

Then maybe let's just depend on the most recent data.table version