Am 07.02.2024 um 17:45 schrieb Allin Cottrell:
On Tue, 6 Feb 2024, Sven Schreiber wrote:
The doc says that "delete" is only problematic in a loop, not in a
function per se -- but true enough, if I add the --force switch to
the delete command, then it does not complain anymore. So is this
just a missing piece of documentation? OTOH, deleting a locally
created series should not be a problem, should it?
The error message is actually "You cannot delete series in this
context". Deleting series is always something to be wary of, since it
can invalidate existing lists, either directly or by causing other
series to be renumbered. Since local series are automatically deleted
when a function exits there's little reason to mess with deletion
inside a function.
The German message from which I re-translated uses the term for
variable; this probably predates the time when I took over the
translation, since I typically take care to use the word "Reihe(n)" for
series. I'll check that.
thanks
sven
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