[Gretl-devel] Backward compatibility

[Allin Cottrell]

On Wed, 7 Nov 2007, Ignacio Diaz-Emparanza wrote:

> I just downloaded gretl from CVS and the script does not work (In Kubuntu 
> Linux). The output I obtain is 
> 
> gretl version 1.6.6.pre2
> Current session: 2007/11/07 10:00
> ? function sillyfun(string foo, series x)
> > Â  series @foo_f1 = x+x(-1)+x(-2)+x(-3)
> > Â  series @foo_f2 = x+x(+1)
> > Â  list outlist = @foo_f1 @foo_f2
> > Â  return list outlist
> > end function
> ? open data9-9
> 
> ...
> 
> ? string sname="nocars"
> Saved string as 'sname'
> ? list alist = sillyfun(sname, nocars)
> Data types not conformable for operation
> 
> Error executing script: halting
> > list alist = sillyfun(sname, nocars)

Do you see any additional error information if you run gretl from 
a terminal window (so that any stderr output is visible)?

Please also try inserting

 set echo on
 set messages on

as the first lines of sillyfun.  Thanks.

Allin.