[Gretl-devel] Re: join gdt-file: series description gets lost
On Sun, 9 Apr 2023, Sven Schreiber wrote:
Am 09.04.2023 um 10:54 schrieb Artur T.:
> Hi all,
>
> I stumbled probably over some bug when joining a series.
>
> When appending a gdt-dataset, the description of a series gets shipped.
> However, when joining a series, this meta-information gets lost.
>
Confirmed - I guess this oversight happened because first 'join' only worked
with csv files and only later was extended to accept gdt files as well.
I'd hesitate to call this a bug. The "join" command is supposed to be a
fairly general method for structured data import, and as such it has no
provision for metadata import.
OTOH, in the special case when the outer file is gdt, I think this could
be provided quite safely.
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Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Sociali (DiSES)
Università Politecnica delle Marche
(formerly known as Università di Ancona)
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