Re: [Gretl-devel] Duplicate variable name in workfile
Am 31.12.2013 18:34, schrieb Riccardo (Jack) Lucchetti:
This is in fact a bit disturbing, but is a consequence of the fact
that
internally the two object are distinct. The fact that series have a name
is (surprising as it may sound) little more than a convenience for the
user. Internally, series are identified by their progressive order. If
you could send us the original Stata file, we could see why we end up
with duplicate labels and how we could modify the auto-renaming
algorithm to avoid similar cases in the future.
See the other messages, the problem is mostly solved. However, may I
insist that gretl "identifiers" (official parlance) be actually
identifying, and not just a convenience handle. Especially since the
internal ID numbers are not time-invariant, either.
I was going to suggest an additional checking layer that ensures
uniqueness of identifiers, but OTOH it's not quite clear where that
layer should reside I guess, and this problem that I reported also seems
very special. And before I have never encountered a non-uniqueness
problem like this.
BTW, happy new year!
Sven