[Gretl-users] Re: Not able to open .gretl session files in a loop
On Mon, Jun 20, 2022 at 9:34 AM Sven Schreiber <svetosch(a)gmx.net> wrote:
Am 20.06.2022 um 14:41 schrieb Cottrell, Allin:
> On Mon, Jun 20, 2022 at 6:53 AM Sven Schreiber <svetosch(a)gmx.net> wrote:
>> Am 20.06.2022 um 07:59 schrieb Fred Engst:
>>> As I said before, I have a need to loop through quit a few .gretl files I
get from my students and to find something inside each of them, for example model outputs
saved in the .gretl files.
...
> This sort of thing cannot work.
I understand why that is so, but I think it should be acknowledged that
Fred has a point: He's using the .gretl session files as a natural
storage for stuff that cannot be stored in a gdt file, like estimated
models. If I understand him correctly, the session files are produced
(presumably) in GUI mode by his students. To me this sounds like a nice
and useful workflow for teaching.
One way to allow access to things inside a session file without
terminating the current session might be to implement opening such a
file as a bundle. Saved models would appear as bundles inside the main
bundle. That approach could work OK in a loop.
Allin