Re: st: Capture break in mata

[Phil Schumm <pschumm@uchicago.edu>]

On Oct 1, 2013, at 6:25 PM, James Fiedler <jrfiedler@gmail.com> wrote:
> I also tried
> 
> real scalar myfunc() {
>    real scalar bk, i, j
> 
>    bk = setbreakintr(0)
>    i = 0
>    while (!breakkey() & i++ < 1e8) {
>        for (j = 1; j <= 1e4; j++) {
>        }
>    }
> 
>    breakkeyreset()
>    (void) setbreakintr(bk)
> 
>    return(i)
> }
> 
> and couldn't get it to work. When I hit the break button, I get a popup saying "Break disallowed at this time". Maybe this depends on some setting in Stata?


This appears to be Windows-specific behavior (i.e., I too am able to replicate what you describe under Windows).  On OS X, it works as expected.  Perhaps someone with more experience on Windows could comment.


-- Phil


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