On Thu, Oct 30, 2025 at 12:49 PM Sven Schreiber <sven.schreiber@fu-berlin.de> wrote:

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open inven.gdt
L = cinven r3 # error: symbol 'SERIES' invalid in this context

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If I pre-prend the explicit "list" keyword, then it works. Also if L
already exists.

That has "always" been the case. Space-separated series names are not acceptable when creating a gretl object unless we know that the intended output type is a list, so we insist that is specified, by prepending "list" to the command or in case a list of the same name already exists.

Oh wow. I guess I haven't noticed because I tend to use the explicit variants anyway.

thanks

sven