Remove `HAS_ALTREP` and `altrep.hpp`

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
42/100
Issue type
Refactor
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
cpp, r
Domain
backend

Research direction

Search the repository for HAS_ALTREP and altrep.hpp references, then review how the compatibility code is used by the groups mentioned in the issue. Remove the obsolete definitions and references while preserving those users; done means no remaining dependency on HAS_ALTREP or altrep.hpp and the existing checks still pass.

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Description

It is no longer useful since cpp11 requires R >=4.0.0 and always has ALTREP available, but some groups rely on it.

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C++
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Forks
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