patch release on cran

Author: TysonStanley

DESCRIPTION

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Package: data.table
-Version: 1.16.1
+Version: 1.16.2
 Title: Extension of `data.frame`
 Depends: R (>= 3.3.0)
 Imports: methods

NEWS.md

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 **If you are viewing this file on CRAN, please check [latest news on GitHub](https://github.com/Rdatatable/data.table/blob/master/NEWS.md) where the formatting is also better.**
 
-# data.table [v1.16.1](https://github.com/Rdatatable/data.table/milestone/35)
+# data.table [v1.16.2](https://github.com/Rdatatable/data.table/milestone/35) (9 October 2024)
 
 ## BUG FIXES
 
 1. Using `print.data.table()` with character truncation using `datatable.prettyprint.char` no longer errors with `NA` entries, [#6441](https://github.com/Rdatatable/data.table/issues/6441). Thanks to @r2evans for the bug report, and @joshhwuu for the fix.
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+
 2. Fixed a segfault in `fcase()`, [#6448](https://github.com/Rdatatable/data.table/issues/6448). Thanks @ethanbsmith for reporting with reprex, @aitap for finding the root cause, and @MichaelChirico for the PR.
 
 3. `fread()` automatically detects timestamps with sub-second accuracy again, [#6440](https://github.com/Rdatatable/data.table/issues/6440). This was a regression due to interference with new `dec='auto'` support. Thanks @kav2k for the concise report and @MichaelChirico for the fix.

src/init.c

@@ -369,6 +369,6 @@ SEXP initLastUpdated(SEXP var) {
 
 SEXP dllVersion(void) {
   // .onLoad calls this and checks the same as packageVersion() to ensure no R/C version mismatch, #3056
-  return(ScalarString(mkChar("1.16.1")));
+  return(ScalarString(mkChar("1.16.2")));
 }