printf and line break in the console
by Sven Schreiber
Hi,
just a minor thing: when you use 'printf' in the console and don't add
an \n explicitly, the following prompt "?" does not appear on a new
line. Perhaps it should?
cheers
sven
1 month, 3 weeks
undated data and change dataset frequency
by Sven Schreiber
Hi again,
shouldn't the menu entries for the data frequency change be greyed out
for undated datasets? They're not (always), apparently.
thanks
sven
1 month, 3 weeks
"incompatible options" with ADF test
by Sven Schreiber
Hi,
I'm seeing the following via the GUI and via commands:
<hansl>
open australia
adf 3 PAU --nc --c --ct --ctt # error
</hansl>
Omitting either the --nc or the --ctt switch makes it work. Of course
these options are "incompatible", but so are the other options, and to
my understanding the feature of the adf command was that several specs
could be done in one go.
This is the latest snapshot.
thanks
sven
2 months
why does this matrix/series mishmash work?
by Sven Schreiber
Hi,
I've come across a strange piece of code which goes more or less like this:
<hansl>
open denmark
matrix M = zeros($nobs,2)
series M[1,] = ones(1,2)
print M
</hansl>
Note the "series" specifier in the third line. I would have expected an
error there, but this works with the same result as if "matrix" were
given there. (Or nothing.) This is with gretl 2024b.
So what's the point? I think a type mismatch error would be the right
thing for a statically typed language like hansl.
thanks
sven
2 months
stricter options syntax for "plot" in 2024a?
by Sven Schreiber
Hi,
I'm puzzled by the fact that the sample script of the LocalProjection
package produces an error "invalid option --time-series". And indeed
that option is appended to a "plot" command, which is not supported as
per the doc.
However, the package was moderated in August, and I'm assuming that the
sample script ran fine at that time. So, has something changed in gretl
since then? (Either 2024a, or 2023c, or post-2024a.) Or actually, I tend
to think that it still worked around March or so.
Again, the syntax in the package does not adhere to the (currently)
documented standards. But should it be tolerated, and if not, perhaps
other code is affected as well?
thanks
sven
2 months, 2 weeks
Pasting a line in the console with a line break at the end
by Sven Schreiber
Hi,
when pasting any kind of content into gretl's console, but with a line
break at the end, and then hitting return, gretl just ignores it and
presents a new prompt sign ("?").
This is of course no big deal, but for consistency I would expect one of
the following behaviors:
1) Either the newline at the end is interpreted as "Return", and so the
evaluation of the input happens (including error messages if appropriate).
2) Or the input with the newline is considered to be wrong anyway, and
so the corresponding error message would show up.
thanks
sven
2 months, 3 weeks
