Re: [Gretl-devel] crash when trying Midas forecasting (was: -compacting)
On Fri, Oct 6, 2017 at 3:40 PM, Cottrell, Allin <cottrell(a)wfu.edu> wrote:
On Fri, Oct 6, 2017 at 1:50 PM, Allin Cottrell
<cottrell(a)wfu.edu> wrote:
>> [I]n the following case there's a hard crash, apparently triggered by
>> using different types of specifications (nealmon/umidas) in one equation:
>>
>> # debug: for direct comparison
>> midasreg dep const ownlag otherQfreq; \
>> mds(dIP, start, hilagU, "nealmon") \
>> mds(dO, start, hilagU, "umidas") \
>> mds(Spr, startSpr, stopSpr, "umidas")
>> fcast ($t2+1) endFC
>> # end debug
>
> Mixing specifications, again, ought to work in principle. And of course a
> crash is always a bug.
>
> Could you maybe send me your data offlist?
Never mind sending the data, I can reproduce a crash with an example
of my own.
That's now fixed in git, revised snapshots will follow.
Thanks to Sven for beating out bugs in midasreg. I'll follow up by
running some more tests of my own.
Allin