Re: [Gretl-users] locale related bug ?

Locale is es-AR. I use gretl (and most software) in english because it's easier to use the documentation without having to mentally translate everything between the refereence files/a post on the list and the interface. On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 6:23 PM, Allin Cottrell <cottrell(a)wfu.edu&gt; wrote: > > On Mon, 11 Jan 2010, [ISO-8859-1] Patricio Cuarón wrote: > > > I was writing a script on gretl (CVS version, couple of days old). > > I get the following > > > > gretl version 1.8.6cvs > > Current session: 2010-01-11 17:56 > > ? scalar testdot = 0.1 > > Replaced scalar testdot = 0 > > What platform and what LANG setting? It looks odd that you have > the program running in English yet are using ',' as decimal > separator. > > I can't reproduce the error, running gretl in various languages. > The intended behavior, which I'm seeing here, is that the decimal > character must always be '.' in script input, the script I pasted in the previous email shows that the '0.1' input in the script is interpreted as zero by gretl unless the set force_decpoint on is used. > but the output will > respect the locale decimal character, if that option is chosen > under Preferences. > > Allin Cottrell > > > _______________________________________________ > Gretl-users mailing list > Gretl-users(a)lists.wfu.edu > http://lists.wfu.edu/mailman/listinfo/gretl-users >