[Gretl-devel] Re: Datatype of Int or Float in gretl
Am 01.10.2019 um 21:45 schrieb Artur Tarassow:
I tried to find out what's the default datatype gretl stores integers
or float values. However, I could not find any information on this.
I believe everything is a double. In 2014 it was said that a massive
rewrite would be needed to change this architecture. OTOH, now that
complex numbers are also supported, maybe that isn't true anymore, I
don't know.
Also, is it somehow possible to define the datatype of a series in
gretl? I would like to restrict the datatype of series S to int8 or so
in order to safe memory space.
As for the RAM requirement, I don't think that
is currently possible
(see above - because everything is a double). But for storing the data
marking variables as discrete may help somewhat.
cheers
sven