Re: [Gretl-devel] gretl 1.9.11: once more on isscalar etc.
I hear you, but you can get the strings if you want them. Its
a fairly common trope in library code (OK, not equivalent to a
scripting language, but anyway) to have functions that return
a numerical code, accompanied by another function to convert
the code to a string if wanted. Also, with inbundle as it is
now, you can do a straight boolean test if you want, which you
could not do if it returned a string.
I agree with deleting the issscalar() function, and I think
the argument above is an important point in favor of accepting the
modified version of inbundle() and the new typestr() function.
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