Re: [Gretl-users] the scriptopt-option
On Fri, 11 Aug 2017, Artur Tarassow wrote:
Dear all,
I tried to run a script using the bash with the --scripopt option (latest git
using ubuntu 17.04). The example script looks like:
<hansl>
clear # needs to be deactivated to work
set verbose off
scalar p = scriptopt
print p
</hansl>
When the clear command is inserted, gretl stops saying
<output>
> p = scriptopt
The symbol 'scriptopt' is undefined
gretlcli: error executing script: halting
> scalar p = scriptopt
</output>
Is this intended, or a bug?
I can't say it's specifically intended, but I don't think it's a bug.
The "clear" command instructs gretl to clear all data/variables from
its workspace, giving you a "blank slate"; since scriptopt is just a
scalar variable (albeit with a special mode of setting), it gets
destroyed along with everything else.
That said, if there's a good case for making an exception for
scriptopt we could consider that.
Allin