Ang. Re: [Gretl-devel] Regarding long variable names

[andreas.rosenblad at ltv.se]

OK. How about matrix and scalar names, are the output-formatting constr
aints applicable for these too?

I don't think the variable length is the most important question for gretl,
there are other much more important questions, but if it was not too hard
to implement it would make it easier to write functions if longer names
were allowed, especially for matrices and scalars.

Andreas



cottrell at wfu.edu @ INTERNET skrev 2007-10-29 14:45:58 :

> On Mon, 29 Oct 2007, andreas.rosenblad at ltv.se wrote:
>
> > Would it be terribly difficult to let gretl allow longer > variable
lengths?
>
> Yes.  Basically, it would require that all output-formatting
> routines be re-written from scratch.  With 15-character variable
> names we're at the limit of what we can support using the current
> formats, and given a sensible maximum line length of around 80
characters.
>
> Allin.
>