Re: st: RE: Out-of-date commands

[Richard Williams <Richard.A.Williams.5@ND.edu>]

At 05:48 PM 7/11/2006, Nick Cox wrote:
> -for- (meaning Stata's -for-, not Mata's -for-) is
> an example in which documentation is indeed elusive.
> One story behind this is that the implementation
> of -for- is now widely regarded as a Bad Idea.
> That still leaves needs like yours unsatisfied.
>
> On the whole, however, there are very few
> commands for which that is true.
However, another example is the old syntax for the -ml- 
command.  -ml- was greatly rewritten in version 6, I believe.  My 
efforts to update and understand old -ml- code would have been 
enhanced if I had the help for the old syntax.

I wish the help for out of date commands was available online.  Not 
to encourage new uses of those commands, but to make it easier to 
understand old code that uses them.  Having access to the old docs 
might actually encourage people to update and improve on outdated and 
now sub-optimal code.


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