Re: [Gretl-devel] several 'uhat'

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:

* 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.