Re: [Gretl-devel] [Gretl-users] saving the row/col names of a matrix

On Wed, 2 Nov 2011, Riccardo (Jack) Lucchetti wrote: > On Tue, 1 Nov 2011, Allin Cottrell wrote: > >> (b) Row and/or column names are attached to the gretl_matrix struct >> itself, rather than the wrapper. That is more plausible, but I still >> don't like it much. The extra memory required for an empty >> gretl_matrix would only be two pointers (8 bytes on a 32-bit system) >> but it represents additional complexity that I'd prefer to keep out >> of what is in concept a mathematical type. > > I agree: matrices should stay as lean-and-mean as possible. Besides, there > is the possibility of achieving Artur's original aim in Hansl, albeit in a > way that most people will find a bit convoluted: here's two ways to do it > [...] Thanks, Jack. These functions nicely illustrate what you can do with bundles. But after some more thinking I think I may have come up with a solution to the matrix column/row names issue which satisfies the "lean and mean" criterion as well as allowing a simple way to return decorated matrices from functions. [...] I'm not committing this change just yet since it needs more testing, but I'm hopeful it'll do the job.