Re: [Gretl-devel] identifier name length
On 09/28/2012 11:34 PM, Allin Cottrell wrote:
On Fri, 28 Sep 2012, Sven Schreiber wrote:
> a neverending story, sorry for continuing it: I thought the 15-character
> limit on identifier names only applies to series for display reasons.
> Now I got an error about a matrix identifier being too long. (September
> cvs build.)
>
> Maybe that has to do with displaying matrices as icons?
Not really, since the icon view has a facility for ellipsizing
identifiers that are too long. I guess we could allow longer matrix
names if there's really a use-case for them.
First a clarification question: So the status quo is that the 15-char
limit is for (and only for) series and matrices?
My argument: AFAIR the justification for the 15-char limit had to do
with the output of estimations and tests which involves series' names.
That was fair enough. I don't see a similar reason for matrices' names.
But maybe I'm missing something?
thanks,
sven