Re: [Gretl-devel] error message for re-defining variable with different type

On Thu, 22 Sep 2011, Sven Schreiber wrote: > I noticed that when you try to re-declare/define a variable which > already exists, you get an error if the new declaration/assignment has a > different type. > > For example, after: > rez=5 > > it becomes illegal to say: > string rez = "whatever" > > Not sure if that is intended, but I suspect it is. However, the error > message could maybe be more explicit? Currently it says "wrong datatype" > or something like that. Yes, it is intended: you're not allowed to switch types in mid-stream. I've now added a more specific error message for such cases, in CVS.