Re: [Gretl-devel] function package warnings

On Fri, 10 Feb 2017, Allin Cottrell wrote: > On Fri, 10 Feb 2017, Allin Cottrell wrote: > >> On Fri, 10 Feb 2017, Sven Schreiber wrote: >> >>> Also, I think we should offer a little more support. A script that catches >>> and perhaps even autocorrects the most common occurrences for example. As >>> Oleh indicated, a "=" in the same line as an "if" for example can only >>> mean "==" I think (right?). (... outside of a foreign block, that is....) >> >> The hansl parser knows what cases need fixing, but it doesn't have the >> facility to change its input (or at least not so the change will be saved). >> Hmm, may be worth investigating though. > > Having now looked into this, the answer's Sorry, no, far too complicated. The > human brain and eyeball are the best tools for the job. > > There were huge warning counts for some packages, but that's because of > iteration... Case in point: all of the thousands of warnings generated for the BMA package were generated by a single line of hansl, easily located with the help of the warning message. Allin _______________________________________________ Gretl-devel mailing list Gretl-devel(a)lists.wfu.edu http://lists.wfu.edu/mailman/listinfo/gretl-devel