I then quit gretl, restarted, and tried the same exercise again, but this time loading FEP.gfn for editing before running the script that defines DrawLoss2. The only difference this time was that DrawLoss2 appears as the last option on the left in the Add/Remove window. After adding this function it "stayed added".

On Mon, 27 Feb 2017, Artur Tarassow wrote: > Dear all, > > I experienced this issue already in the past and I think it was also > discussed a while ago here in the forum. I still have problems to add > a new function to an existing package. To illustrate the example, I > complied the attached pdf trying to add the function DrawLoss2(). > > Until today, as a workaround, I completely re-created the package but > of course this is quite annoying and I am sure not intended :-) > > Hope somebody could help with the issue. Thanks, Artur. I tried to replicate the problem as follows: 1) Downloaded your current FEP.zip for staging and unzipped it. 2) Ran a script that defined a function named DrawLoss2. 3) Opened FEP.gfn via /Tools/Function packages/Edit Package. 4) In the package editor, chose Add/Remove functions and added DrawLoss2 to the public list. (Note: at this point I could see on stderr: original: finfo->n_pub=11, finfo->n_priv=5 revised: finfo->n_pub=12, finfo->n_priv=5 5) Again chose Add/Remove functions: DrawLoss2 appears in the public list as expected. I then quit gretl, restarted, and tried the same exercise again, but this time loading FEP.gfn for editing before running the script that defines DrawLoss2. The only difference this time was that DrawLoss2 appears as the last option on the left in the Add/Remove window. After adding this function it "stayed added". I then tried repeating the exercise again under valgrind, to see if there was any reference to use of uninitialized variables or similar, but didn't see anything. So I'm still puzzled. Allin _______________________________________________ Gretl-users mailing list Gretl-users(a)lists.wfu.edu http://lists.wfu.edu/mailman/listinfo/gretl-users

On Tue, 28 Feb 2017, Artur Tarassow wrote: > Dear Allin, > > thanks for your response. Your second approach > >> I then quit gretl, restarted, and tried the same exercise again, but >> this time loading FEP.gfn for editing before running the script that >> defines DrawLoss2. The only difference this time was that DrawLoss2 >> appears as the last option on the left in the Add/Remove window. >> After adding this function it "stayed added". > > works here now! I don't know why but at least I am happy that it > works. But of course it's puzzling the the first approach I described > works on your but not my machine... I'd be interested to hear if anyone using current git or snapshot is still able to provoke the problem that has been reported (that is, you add a function to your package, using the "Add/Remove functions" dialog without any apparent error, yet it turns out that the new function is not really added). Allin