[Gretl-devel] Re: accessing named matrix columns

There is a more general point that IMO is worth considering. Suppose we're slicing a matrix with row/column names (via traditional methods or via this cool new feature). Should names be carried over to the resulting objects? To be more explicit (quoting from above): <hansl> set seed 765545431 matrix M = mnormal(4,3) cnameset(M, "one two three") matrix c = M[,"two"] </hansl> should the "c" vector be endowed with the column name "two" too? My spontaneous reaction would be "no" (on the grounds of efficiency), but others may disagree.