[Gretl-devel] Re: Augmenting a bundles array errors

Am 10.01.2021 um 09:39 schrieb Artur Tarassow: > Am 10.01.21 um 08:34 schrieb Marcin Błażejowski: >> On 09.01.2021 23:47, Allin Cottrell wrote: >>> On Sat, 9 Jan 2021, Artur Tarassow wrote: >>> >>>> by chance I've found the following behavior -- which may be a bug -- >>>> when augmenting an empty bundles with a bundle where the value is a >>>> string array "directly passed". This is with latest git on Ubuntu >>>> 20.04. >>> [...] >>>> >>>> # fails >>>> bundles B = null >>>> B = B + _(value = defarray("A", "B", "C")) >> >> Hm, is the statement like '_(value = defarray("A", "B", "C"))' >> documented? I didn't know it and I'd like to read about it. > > Hi Marcin, > > do you mean the new syntax for creating a bundle, namely "_()"? That was > recently introduced as a secret function first. But actually I thought > it's already an official syntax but I cannot find it in the changelog. It is documented in the function reference entry for defbundle (but not in the guide AFAICS). The fact that it was "secret" at first also explains why it never made it into the changelog (but it probably should).