Am 16.01.2023 00:07 schrieb Sven Schreiber:
Hello once more,
as explained in section 10.1 of the user guide, there are few special
expressions that produce series and that are somewhat at odds with the
usual hansl syntax, for historical path-dependent reasons. One is
"time", which can either be used as "genr time" (not "series time",
which as per standard syntax produces a new series full of missings);
or it can be used in assignments such as "series x = time", even when
'time' wasn't previously defined or created.
Wouldn't it be more consistent to have a dollar accessor $time
instead? This would be just like the change from 'pi' to '$pi' in the
past.
Pragmatically, "time" should stay for compatibility, but I believe
$time should be preferred.
I agree, having a $time accessor sounds consistent.
Artur
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