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