[Gretl-devel] Re: clearing / unloading all user-defined functions?

Am 15.11.2020 um 23:19 schrieb Allin Cottrell: > On Sun, 15 Nov 2020, Sven Schreiber wrote: > >> I wonder if it could make sense to amend the 'clear' command with an >> option that would also unload all user-defined functions from memory >> and >> the active session? > > Hmm, seems to me that "clear" with no option probably ought to do that > (unload all functions), the general idea being that it returns gretl to > pristine state. Would it be too backward incompatible to arrange for > that? [sorry for the delay] - No, I don't think so. Typically you want to keep functions around if you do 'open' or 'nulldata', and that should remain as-is. But for 'clear' it's not documented that functions stay active, and actually it could be declared a minor bug. So the only remaining question then is whether there should be an option to _keep_ functions?