Re: [Gretl-devel] 'catch' problem (in SVAR package)

On Tue, 2 Apr 2013, Sven Schreiber wrote: > Hi, > > a colleague asked me about a non-convergence problem with his > application of the SVAR package. I can replicate the error, which gives: > > > ... > Das Konvergenzkriterium wurde nicht getroffen > *** error in function estC > > catch scalar ll = NRmax(theta, "loglik(&theta, &dat, -1)", > "scoreC(&g, &theta, &dat)", "PseudoHessC(&H, &theta, &dat)") > called by function SVAR_estimate > > Fehler bei Skriptausführung: Stopp > > SVAR_estimate(&Mod,1) # 1 = not quiet > ... > > (BTW, this is a type-2 "C" model call, if you want to pinpoint the exact > line in the code that is called.) > > Sorry for the German, but this actually gave me a thought here: the > error message ("convergence criterion not met", in German) comes from an > internal function because it is translated. I assume it's from NRmax(), > but then I wonder: isn't Jack's use of 'catch' supposed to suppress this > error message or at least suppress the interruption? In theory, yes. Could you send me the data + a script, please?