Re: [Gretl-users] Again the decimal comma vs decimal point.
On Fri, 27 Jan 2006, Allin Cottrell wrote:
> About difficulties on handling scripts saved by users using
> decimal commas, should it be established that "session files
> should always be saved with decimal points, and at the moment of
> loading the session the numbers are filtered to reflect user
> preference.", this way the interactive environment would use user
> preference for inputting numbers. Or alternatively...
These are clever suggestions. I think they'd make life
over-complicated, but do others have any thoughts?
At the risk of sounding like a nazi, I'll reiterate: as far as I'm
concerned, locale-dependent decimal separators can be dumped altogether.
I cannot imagine a situation where a user can significantly benefit from
them.
Riccardo `Jack' Lucchetti
Dipartimento di Economia
Università Politecnica delle Marche
jack(a)dea.unian.it
http://www.econ.univpm.it/lucchetti