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st: [8] -set varabbrev off- fails for _b[]


From   Keith Dear <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   st: [8] -set varabbrev off- fails for _b[]
Date   Tue, 10 May 2005 15:00:43 +1000

set varabbrev off
reg y somexvar
...
di _b[some]

This displays the estimate _b[somexvar], instead of reporting "[some] not found".

Bug or feature? Is there some other option I can -set- to stop this happening?

Do others concur that variable abbreviations are a BAD IDEA? It seems to me they add no real functionality, and too often conceal errors in (my) do-files.

KD


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