Re: [Gretl-devel] new string substitution failure

On Thu, 30 Oct 2014, Sven Schreiber wrote: >> Take the HIP package first (the function HIP_estimate). Yes, this is >> fallout from the new parser, but it's an example of what I mentioned a >> while back, namely the greater rigour of the new parser. >> >> The trouble is that the string substitution token @bar is used >> unconditionally with "end mle", but the string variable "bar" is >> defined only in the cases where the scalar s has value 1 or 2 (and >> these are not the only possible values). The old parser ignored the >> undigested would-be string substitution @bar (in case s equals neither >> 1 nor 2) while the new one properly rejects it. Having said this, let me add that we now have a new command "setopt" for avoiding kludges like these (that is, setting options to a command condtional on something by using string substitution). The script below should be backward compatible and give a clear example of the new setopt command.