Re: [Gretl-devel] several 'uhat'

Allin Cottrell schrieb: > On Sat, 10 Apr 2010, Allin Cottrell wrote: > >> On Sun, 11 Apr 2010, Sven Schreiber wrote: >> >>> it just happened to me that after repeatedly saving residuals (from >>> different VARs) via the GUI with name 'uhat5' I got several series named >>> 'uhat5'. I thought they would get overwritten instead. I didn't know >>> that having several variables with the same names (althought different >>> Id numbers) is possible. Is that behavior a bug? >> It certainly sounds like it. I'll investigate. > > I think this is now fixed. I've given the GUI mechanism for saving > model-related series an overhaul. (It was pretty much OK for > single-equation models, not so for VARs.) The intent is as > follows, and any departure from the intent can be considered a > bug: Thanks! > > * When you go to save a series, the default name that you're given > should be unique (does not conflict with any existing series). > > * If you don't accept the default, but type in your own choice, > then if there's an existing series of that name we check if it's > "safe" to overwrite the original. If not, you get an error message > and a chance to choose a different name; if yes, you get a dialog > asking for confirmation that you want to overwrite the old series. what's your definition of "safe" in this context?