Re: [Gretl-devel] setinfo issues
Am 21.06.2018 um 10:53 schrieb Artur Tarassow:
Hi Marcin,
Am 21.06.2018 um 10:10 schrieb Marcin Błażejowski:
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> string desc = "This is something about my foo series"
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> setinfo foo1 --description=desc
I am with you this should only work for "--description="desc" for
consistency reasons.
It should be noted that the doc only talks about a string (literal) in
double quotes. String variables came later in gretl I think. Then using
--description=desc is ambiguous: Does the user mean the string variable
with name desc, or a literal string with a sloppy use (without the
double quotes)?
So I don't think it's a bug, but I would also be OK to be strict about
requiring the double quotes for literal strings.
> setinfo foo3 --description=@desc
This one works with "@desc" -- which is the standard way I think.
--description=@foostring also works, as long as no spaces are in foostring:
desc = "hello"
setinfo foo3 --description=@desc # works
However, this would stop working when the need for double quotes is
enforced. Artur is right and the safe way is "@desc".
cheers,
sven