-whelp version- list some of the changes that could break a program or produce
unintended results. For example:
"If you set version to 8.0 or less, the following will be true
1. ml ignores the constraint() option if there are no predictors in the
first equation."
Scott
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Williams" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2004 7:27 PM
Subject: st: Version number in ado files
> I have a question about version numbers in ado files: you are supposed to
> include the version # the ado file was developed with, right? e.g. if I
> wrote an ado file today, I should include a line that says -version
> 8.2-. That guarantees it will keep working ok with later versions.
>
> But suppose that the ado file would have also worked fine with version 7,
> version 6, or whatever. Have I kept it from working with earlier versions
> because I included the line -version 8.2-?
>
> I just tried changing an ado file that said -version 6- to -version 9-, and
> sure enough, it said that it wouldn't work, and I would have to upgrade my
> version of Stata.
>
> Would it be considered good practice to try lower version numbers on your
> ado files, until they stopped working correctly?
>
> The version command is nice in that it keeps old programs working, but it
> looks like it may make you pay a price for not buying the latest and
> greatest version of Stata!
>
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