Re: [Gretl-devel] printf poll?

On Tue, 20 Sep 2016, Allin Cottrell wrote: > [...] I can see a case for making it easier to output very simple > stuff such as a string followed by a scalar on the same line. In > git there's an experiment to this effect; here's an example: > > <hansl> > set echo off > set messages off > > answer = 42 > print "The number of roads a man must walk down is " -n > eval answer > </hansl> > > The option -n (long form "--no-break") tells "print" not to add a > line-break; therefore the "eval" output follows directly: > > <output> > The number of roads a man must walk down is 42 > </output> > > I don't know if anyone will consider this worthwhile. I, for one, do not. And by the way, someone may see it as a whimsical and geekish Unix-ism :) (compare the -n option to the "echo" shell command).

After having heard several opinions (thanks to everybody who joined the debate) I suggest to leave everything as is now. The recent improvements in the documentation should also help.