Re: [Gretl-users] comma as decimal separator: clarification
On Fri, 6 Jan 2006, jack wrote:
Sorry everyone to be a spoilsport, but I am rather against the new
setup. If we allow locale-dependent decimal separators in scripts,
then a syntax like
genr y = 0,5*x
becomes legal. Now imagine the previous line is buried in a
200-line script. Then, anyone using the script in a "decimal
point" locale sees the script not working. Chances are, they
conclude gretl is broken.
I've thought about a few more scenarios in relation to "genr" since
my last posting, and I'm now inclined to agree -- there is too great
a possibility of screw-ups. I'll adjust genr so that it rejects
commas other than when used as argument-separators, regardless of
locale.
Allin Cottrell