The getinfo() function, as you know, is used to for retrieving the
metadata of a series. For example, the code
<hansl>
open data4-1 -q
b = getinfo(sqft)
print b
</hansl>
returns
<output>
bundle b:
coded = 0
transform = "none"
parent = ""
discrete = 0
name = "sqft"
description = "square feet of living area (Range 1065 - 3000)"
lag = 0
has_string_table = 0
</output>
The function currently returns an error if applied to a series that is
created "on the fly", as in "getinfo(log(sqrt))". This is IMO undesirable,
so I was going to modify the function to have it return a bundle anyway.
The question is: what should it contain? I was inclined to fill all the
slots with "sensible" values, perhaps setting "name" as "anonymous" and
"description" with something meaningful if possible. Or should we just
return an empty bundle? Would it make sense to include an "anonymous"
binary flag? Something else?
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Riccardo (Jack) Lucchetti
Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Sociali (DiSES)
Università Politecnica delle Marche
(formerly known as Università di Ancona)
r.lucche...@univpm.it
http://www2.econ.univpm.it/servizi/hpp/lucchetti
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