Re: [Gretl-devel] blank in lag spec: strange error message
On Sun, 25 Nov 2018, Sven Schreiber wrote:
I'm getting a strange "lag order: second arg must be
scalar" error
message in the following script. Notice the (unintended) blank between
the series name "RS" and the lag call "(-1)":
Well, I'm glad the blank was unintended ;-) It's not unknown in
programming practice to stick in random whitespace at will,
something I personally abhor.
<hansl>
open hendry_jae
series d_short = diff(RS)
series d_long = diff(RL)
c = 0.01
ladung = -1
longrun = 1
series test = RS (-1) # works with the blank
nls d_short = c + ladung * ( RS (-1) - longrun * RL(-1)) # fails with
the blank
params c ladung longrun
end nls
</hansl>
No big deal, obviously, but doesn't help in debugging. This is Nov 23rd
git code base.
Should now be "fixed" in git. (That is, what I'd be tempted to call
a syntax error is handled as if it were OK. As you point out, it's
treated as OK in some other contexts.)
Allin