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Re: st: RE: AW: RE: Programming stata using egen functions
At 07:35 AM 4/28/2009, Nick Cox wrote:
I disagree. I think the situation is much less clear-cut than you imply.
-egen, sum()- is undocumented as of Stata 9 upward, but remains
available for those who want it. Making it available only under
version control would have as a main consequence disadvantaging
longstanding users who would have to unlearn a little habit, or edit
their do files or programs accordingly. That might include me.
Personally, I hate it when commands stop working except under version
control. I don't even like it when they stay alive but become
undocumented. Like Nick says, you get used to doing things a certain
way, and it can take some effort to figure out what the new and
improved name for something is. Perhaps in the long run it is good
to have a new and improved name, but I don't see any great need to
make the old name non-functional.
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