Fails to Compile in R >= 3.3.0

[mfansler]

Errors of the form:

In file included from /nfs/sw/R/R-3.3.0/lib64/R/include/R.h:43:0,                                                                           
  from bed2vector.cc:14:                                                                                                     
/usr/include/c++/4.8.2/cmath: In function ‘float std::abs(float)’:                                                                          
/usr/include/c++/4.8.2/cmath:87:16: error: declaration of C function ‘float std::abs(float)’ conflicts with                                                                
  abs(float __x)                                                                                                                    
               ^
/usr/include/c++/4.8.2/cmath:81:3: error: previous declaration ‘double std::abs(double)’ here
  abs(double __x)
  ^

The follow thread addresses this:
https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/bioc-devel/2016-March/008801.html