Re: st: somersd error message

[Maarten Buis <maartenlbuis@gmail.com>]

--- On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 11:37 AM, Barry Quinn wrote:
> I am using Stata12 on a Mac and have recently used -ssc install- to install the above package.
>
> i am continually get the following error when running the command
>
> tidotforsomersd():  3499  tidottree() not found
>                  <istmt>:     -  function returned error
> r(3499);
>
> my Stata12 is updated to the latest version and i have used the auto.dta example from the help file which also produces the above error.

I suspect that the problem is that -somersd- uses a pre-compiled Mata
function library. In order for Mata (and thus Stata ( and thus
-somersd-)) to use it, it first needs to add it to its index. However,
this does not happen automatically after you install a program with
-ssc-. The reason is that that would also clear the Mata (not Stata)
memory, which would be very un-stataish behavior for a Stata program
like -ssc-, though probably unproblematic in most cases. As soon as
you restart Stata, Stata will automatically index the necessary Mata
functions and -somersd- should run. Alternatively, you don't have to
restart Stata if you type -mata:mata mlib index-. Anyhow, if this is
the problem than this issue only bites in the Stata session in which
you installed -somersd-.

-- Maarten


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