This is excellent to know. I've been using functions more to do routine things (e.g., model selection and computation of marginal effects) and they are unhappy when fed the wrong type. I'm slowly coming to grips with it and like it a lot. I think the move to more explicit types will facilitate the expansion of functions (and bundles?). I am very excited about the new version of "the book". I think it will be a significant upgrade. At least I hope so
Cheers,
Lee
On , Allin Cottrell <cottrell@wfu.edu> wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Jul 2011, Lee Adkins wrote:
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> > What is the preferred use of these in hansl? I've started using scalar for
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> > all scalar computations (but in any old code I used genr); sometimes I use
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> > series instead of genr to generate new variables. I do realize that series
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> > will generate a series from a scalar.
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> These days, the recommendation is to use the type-name ("scalar",
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> "series" or whatever) when creating a new variable. There has been
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> some talk of getting rid of "genr" as a command word, and while
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> that's not slated just yet it's probably a good idea to avoid it.
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> Allin Cottrell
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