Re: [Gretl-devel] function package warnings
Am 10.02.2017 um 16:18 schrieb Allin Cottrell:
For package authors: here's a listing of deprecation warnings
produced
by packages currently on the server. If you can find time to update your
package(s) that would be much appreciated!
Note that the warning for using '=' as an equality test is very explicit
so it should be easy to find the location in the code.
The list is much longer than expected...
Seriously, I don't think a message to gretl-devel is enough. We have to
use the email adresses given in the packages, too.
Also, I think we should offer a little more support. A script that
catches and perhaps even autocorrects the most common occurrences for
example. As Oleh indicated, a "=" in the same line as an "if" for
example can only mean "==" I think (right?). (... outside of a foreign
block, that is....)
That doesn't mean that no human checks ar needed, of course.
* Use of "catch" on calls to user-defined functions
(generates a warning, really should be an error by now):
coint2rec.gfn
OK, this one concerns me myself. What again was the suggested
alternative? Re-write the function to provide an error code?
thanks,
sven