Re: [Gretl-devel] gretl 1.9.11: once more on isscalar etc.
On Wed, 14 Nov 2012, Sven Schreiber wrote:
On 11/14/2012 10:11 AM, Ignacio Diaz-Emparanza wrote:
>
>> 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.
Ok ok, I rest my case, and indeed the boolean test is a good point.
Given the previous discussion, this would also imply to deprecate the
other is*() functions, no?
Yes, I think so -- apart from isnull() for testing function
arguments, of course.
Allin