Re: [Gretl-users] Suggest expand the length of variable name from the limit of 15 characters to 30 characters
On Sat, 5 Dec 2009, YiMin Chen wrote:
For the long-run development of gretl, may be it had better to expand
the
length of variable name from the limit of 15 characters to 30 characters.
Nowadays many commercial software have expanded the length of variable name
to 30 or more characters to allow descriptive variable names. Gretl had
better keep up with the development for easier data import and descriptive
variable name. Also, the 8-character limit on the obs or date column is too
restricted. Had better expand to 15 characters. Are there any plan on this?
The obs/date column can accommodate 15 characters already. It may
be that the documentation needs to be updated to reflect this.
I'm opposed to 30+ character variable names. We can revisit this
if it becomes a practical problem.
Allin Cottrell