Re: [Gretl-devel] Regarding long variable names
On Mon, 29 Oct 2007, Allin Cottrell wrote:
On Mon, 29 Oct 2007, andreas.rosenblad(a)ltv.se wrote:
> Would it be terribly difficult to let gretl allow longer
> variable lengths?
Yes. Basically, it would require that all output-formatting
routines be re-written from scratch. With 15-character variable
names we're at the limit of what we can support using the current
formats, and given a sensible maximum line length of around 80
characters.
...which begs the question: is the 80-column limit anachronistic? Please
note that mine isn't a rhetorical question.
I do agree on the fact that very wide output is unreadable anyway, but the
80-character limit is in itself a legacy of the punched card era.
Riccardo (Jack) Lucchetti
Dipartimento di Economia
Università Politecnica delle Marche
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http://www.econ.univpm.it/lucchetti