* Change DefaultEvalMetric of classification from error to logloss
* Change default binary metric in plugin/example/custom_obj.cc
* Set old error metric in python tests
* Set old error metric in R tests
* Fix missed eval metrics and typos in R tests
* Fix setting eval_metric twice in R tests
* Add warning for empty eval_metric for classification
* Fix Dask tests
Co-authored-by: Hyunsu Cho <chohyu01@cs.washington.edu>
* Add bindings for serialization.
* Change `xgb.save.raw' into full serialization instead of simple model.
* Add `xgb.load.raw' for unserialization.
* Run devtools.
**Symptom** Apple Clang's implementation of `std::shuffle` expects doesn't work
correctly when it is run with the random bit generator for R package:
```cpp
CustomGlobalRandomEngine::result_type
CustomGlobalRandomEngine::operator()() {
return static_cast<result_type>(
std::floor(unif_rand() * CustomGlobalRandomEngine::max()));
}
```
Minimial reproduction of failure (compile using Apple Clang 10.0):
```cpp
std::vector<int> feature_set(100);
std::iota(feature_set.begin(), feature_set.end(), 0);
// initialize with 0, 1, 2, 3, ..., 99
std::shuffle(feature_set.begin(), feature_set.end(), common::GlobalRandom());
// This returns 0, 1, 2, ..., 99, so content didn't get shuffled at all!!!
```
Note that this bug is platform-dependent; it does not appear when GCC or
upstream LLVM Clang is used.
**Diagnosis** Apple Clang's `std::shuffle` expects 32-bit integer
inputs, whereas `CustomGlobalRandomEngine::operator()` produces 64-bit
integers.
**Fix** Have `CustomGlobalRandomEngine::operator()` produce 32-bit integers.
Closes#3523.
* [R] make sure things work for a single split model; fixes#2191
* [R] add option use_int_id to xgb.model.dt.tree
* [R] add example of exporting tree plot to a file
* [R] set save_period = NULL as default in xgboost() to be the same as in xgb.train; fixes#2182
* [R] it's a good practice after CRAN releases to bump up package version in dev
* [R] allow xgb.DMatrix construction from integer dense matrices
* [R] xgb.DMatrix: silent parameter; improve documentation
* [R] xgb.model.dt.tree code style changes
* [R] update NEWS with parameter changes
* [R] code safety & style; handle non-strict matrix and inherited classes of input and model; fixes#2242
* [R] change to x.y.z.p R-package versioning scheme and set version to 0.6.4.3
* [R] add an R package versioning section to the contributors guide
* [R] R-package/README.md: clean up the redundant old installation instructions, link the contributors guide
* [R] xgb.save must work when handle in nil but raw exists
* [R] print.xgb.Booster should still print other info when handle is nil
* [R] rename internal function xgb.Booster to xgb.Booster.handle to make its intent clear
* [R] rename xgb.Booster.check to xgb.Booster.complete and make it visible; more docs
* [R] storing evaluation_log should depend only on watchlist, not on verbose
* [R] reduce the excessive chattiness of unit tests
* [R] only disable some tests in windows when it's not 64-bit
* [R] clean-up xgb.DMatrix
* [R] test xgb.DMatrix loading from libsvm text file
* [R] store feature_names in xgb.Booster, use them from utility functions
* [R] remove non-functional co-occurence computation from xgb.importance
* [R] verbose=0 is enough without a callback
* [R] added forgotten xgb.Booster.complete.Rd; cran check fixes
* [R] update installation instructions
