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Nick
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NEYMOTIN, FLORENCE
> (1) have there been changes between the different stata
> versions (7,8,9) in terms of the size of
> allowable matrices? I.e. have they gotten larger or smaller
> for allowable matsizes?
I think the limits have stayed the same since Stata 7 SE was introduced.
Small Intercoooled SE
matsize 40 800 11,000
> (2) If you create local variables within an .ado file that
> calls ANOTHER .ado file, do the locals
> show up in the sub-file?
Locals are local. What's more, if you know enough to
ask this question, you should know enough to answer
it. If you go
program parent
local governor "Terminator"
child
di "parent: `governor'"
end
program child
di "child: `governor'"
local governor "Good wine"
di "child: `governor'"
end
what you find is
1. When -child- is called by -parent-, on the
first -display-, the local
macro `governor' is empty, as it has not been
defined locally. The macro with _to you_ the
same name in -parent- is not visible.
2. On the second -display-, the macro has
been defined locally and is now not empty.
3. When control is passed back to -parent-,
the previous definition of -governor- is
the only definition visible.
> On a similar note, how are they
> destroyed if you are repeatedly calling
> the sub-file? I.e. suppose that you are in the file
> "outer.ado" and you call "inner.ado" and
> inner.ado creates the local "weird_var", then if I call
> inner.ado 100 times, do I have 100 copies
> of "weird_var" floating around as locals until the outer.ado
> exits? (I thought they should be
> destroyed as soon as inner.ado completes, but I wanted to check.)
Precisely how they are destroyed is a matter of Stata's
internal C code and not answerable by users. But I think
you can safely presume that your local disappears when, or
at least shortly after, its defining program terminates.
My guess is that Stata monitors memory usage very closely
and deletes junk pretty rapidly.
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