Renzo Comolli
>
> First of all I want to thank Nick Cox and Kit Baum.
> I did not have time to look at Kit's suggestion today, but
> I will soon.
>
> As far as Nick's solutions (using his numbers)
>
> 0. If one is willing to do two passes than there are many
> solutions. For my
> purposes I could do it with something like
> . if $pass==1 { log using "log_all" }
> . if $pass==2 { log using "log_only_the_following_little_piece" }
N.B. this is Stata 7 syntax.
>
> 1. quite good idea. Thanks!!
>
> 2. I like the idea of the proposed -to- command
> . to <filename>, <to_options> : <command>
>
> Due to the fact that I would use it, I am probably biased.
> I think people would use it, if there were an option
> allowing to save the
> "piece" as html (based on the same technology as Nick's log2html).
>
> I am not sure what difference it makes in terms of
> programming, but rather
> than a
> . to <filename>, <to_options> : <command>
> . to <filename>, append : <command>
> I would prefer
> . to <filename>, <to_options> { <command> }
> So to be able to have in case of need to save time
> . to <filename>, <to_options> {
> <command>
> <command>
> }
>
I take the point. This generalisation would make it
impossible for user-programmers to implement -to-,
which is welcome news!
Nick
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