11:22 a.m.
A few changes in response to recent comments:
* Andreas's request for ceiling and rank-order functions: There's
now a "ceil" function in genr; a rank-order function will follow.
* Sven: spurious error message on supplying a null list as the
target of a "foreach" loop. Fixed.
* Sven: variables disappearing after calling a user-defined
function that takes a list as an argument. I have fixed one
problem in this area. I think that what I fixed was the main --
and perhaps the only -- error, but I need to do some more analysis
and testing to make sure.
There's a new Windows snapshot in place.
Allin.
1:43 p.m.
Thanks much Allin,
Allin Cottrell schrieb:
There's a new Windows snapshot in place.
at first glance it seems to also have cured the problem of the
"unspecified errors" I was getting, at least when the function package
exits normally or with a funcerr, as opposed to failing for other reasons.
Let me check whether gretl is also more robust with respect to
non-caught function errors..... <checking...> yes looks good so far!
again, thanks for your effort,
Sven
2:33 p.m.
New subject: wishes list
I would like to add two small things to gretl's "wishes list":
1- Add a new command "rates" and a new item to the
"Add" menu (for time series), which computes Y/Y(-1)-1. May be the dialog
should allow for the logarithmic rate log(Y)-log(Y(-1)), and for different
lag values Y/Y(k)-1 and log(Y)-log(Y(k)). (Eviews has this command)
2- I think it would be interesting that gretl automatically read, if it
exists, a user-defined text file at startup (for example "userfunc.inp" ).
So the user may put there the functions he uses most frequently, and they may
be ready without having to use "include userfunc.inp". (R may use this type
of file, I think it is named Rprofile)
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3:18 p.m.
New subject: wishes list
On Fri, 25 May 2007, Ignacio Diaz-Emparanza wrote:
I would like to add two small things to gretl's "wishes
list":
1- Add a new command "rates" and a new item to the
"Add" menu (for time series), which computes Y/Y(-1)-1. May be the dialog
should allow for the logarithmic rate log(Y)-log(Y(-1)), and for different
lag values Y/Y(k)-1 and log(Y)-log(Y(k)). (Eviews has this command)
Log differences are there already (5th entry in the "Add" menu). As for
"rates", yes, that's something I wouldn't mind.
2- I think it would be interesting that gretl automatically read, if it
exists, a user-defined text file at startup (for example "userfunc.inp" ).
So the user may put there the functions he uses most frequently, and they may
be ready without having to use "include userfunc.inp". (R may use this type
of file, I think it is named Rprofile)
This is an excellent idea. In fact, this could contain all sorts of user
customisations, like the ".emacs" file for, well, Emacs.
Riccardo (Jack) Lucchetti
Dipartimento di Economia
Università Politecnica delle Marche
r.lucchetti(a)univpm.it
http://www.econ.univpm.it/lucchetti
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