3:36 p.m.
Hi,
just a thought:
There was the idea that maybe (just maybe) it could make sense to
enforce clear programming by requiring to use 'matrix', 'series' etc.
instead of the generic 'genr', at least in scripts.
However, when doing that (as I do) the long keywords appearing almost
everywhere are a bit annoying. So what about introducing 'mat' as alias
for 'matrix', 'ser' for 'series', 'sca' for
'scalar', 'str' for
'string'; 'list' could stay like that I guess, or maybe to have 3-letter
conformity also introduce 'lis'.
As I said, just a thought...
cheers,
sven
3:52 p.m.
I really don't like to abbreviate commands. It may make sense to you, but if
other readers would see your script they will need more brain processing
time to decode the meaning of the commands.
I would propose to have a "alias" command like we have in Linux, so for
example you would define in the start of your scripts the needed aliases.
alias mat matrix
This could be expanded to have them all in a user file that would be
included always in your scripts. This list would be actually written in the
script file, for reproducibility.
Optionally, the editor could have some hiding feature of the aliases list,
indicated by a tag, for example:
#aliasdefinition
The downside of this alias command would be more parsing time for a script
file or commands.
What do you think?
On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 4:36 PM, Sven Schreiber <svetosch(a)gmx.net> wrote:
Hi,
just a thought:
There was the idea that maybe (just maybe) it could make sense to
enforce clear programming by requiring to use 'matrix', 'series' etc.
instead of the generic 'genr', at least in scripts.
However, when doing that (as I do) the long keywords appearing almost
everywhere are a bit annoying. So what about introducing 'mat' as alias
for 'matrix', 'ser' for 'series', 'sca' for
'scalar', 'str' for
'string'; 'list' could stay like that I guess, or maybe to have 3-letter
conformity also introduce 'lis'.
As I said, just a thought...
cheers,
sven
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9:21 p.m.
Hélio Guilherme schrieb:
I really don't like to abbreviate commands. It may make sense to
you,
but if other readers would see your script they will need more brain
processing time to decode the meaning of the commands.
I would propose to have a "alias" command like we have in Linux, so for
example you would define in the start of your scripts the needed aliases.
alias mat matrix
I agree there's a tradeoff between readability and conciseness. But I
actually think that if each user defines his own aliases then the
tradeoff gets worse, because you're not used to the shortcuts somebody
else likes to use. So I still think it would make more sense to have
shortcuts defined in the gretl syntax itself.
Let me add that in general I think if it's the first three letters of a
command then it's quite easy to recognize and to read.
Of course, the whole thing is less important for the current status quo
where 'matrix' etc. is not mandatory. (although I would still like it
personally) But if the use of 'series', 'matrix' etc. is enforced, then
IMHO it's a real issue.
anyway, so much for that,
sven
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