[Gretl-users] Again the decimal comma vs decimal point.

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I'm using the latest Windows snapshot, and I did a simple test to check how things are about the decimal point vs decimal comma notation. So numbers must be entered with decimal point, but the outputs are with decimal commas; is this the final decision? 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, for readability of the session file, it stays as it was saved, only that on the first(s) line(s) should appear a special gretl directive, like for instance: # gretl::decimal="," # gretl::list_separator=";" # this way a function call would be: function_name( x ; y ) # gretl::thousands="." or a single directive, like; # gretl::notation=",;." This way, by default, if no directives, no need for more processing. And if directives match current user options, no need to filter the numbers. So a user reading a session file would know how the numbers are represented even if not using Gretl. What you think about this? My test output was obtained using Windows version, with the "use locale decimal setting" checked (locale is Portuguese settings). - ----- gretl console: type 'help' for a list of commands ? genr myvariable=1.2345678 Generated scalar myvariable (ID 5) = 1,23457 ? print myvariable myvariable = 1,23457 ? genr myvariable=1,2345678 Syntax error in command line ?