Re: [Gretl-users] Renaming variables not allowed within a loop
Am 20.03.2016 um 00:50 schrieb Allin Cottrell:
On Sat, 19 Mar 2016, Sven Schreiber wrote:
> Am 19.03.2016 um 18:30 schrieb Allin Cottrell:
>
>> It's deliberate, not a bug, but we may want to reconsider it before
>> releasing gretl 2016b.
>
> I'd like to take the conservative side here and suggest to release
> 2016b without such a change. As you say, it has the potential to mess
> things up, and I have repeatedly voiced my concern that gretl
> sometimes has more bugs than necessary.
>
> This is not meant to ban this change completely, but allow more time
> for a thorough testing phase.
OK, I take Sven to be saying (and also Artur) that if there's any chance
that renaming a series within a loop could lead to mischief, the general
ban on using the "rename" command within loops should be maintained
until further notice.
It's not so much the renaming as such. So if the solution is to say
"we'll just allow it" I guess I wouldn't mind. But I thought you were
saying that some other checks have to be introduced in order to
distinguish allowed from forbidden uses. And my worry is about the side
effects of those new checks or extra treatments.
thanks,
sven