Nick et al.--
I for one would welcome a multi-part command -end- so various commands
might be nested:
end mata
end program
end input
where if the second part was left off but the meaning was unambiguous
no error would be issued (I can't imagine how that would be
inconvenient to many more people than have ever been bitten by the
ambiguity of -end-). It seems an oversight that -end- is used for many
purposes.
On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 8:13 AM, Nick Cox <[email protected]> wrote:
> I doubt the case for change. The problem you experienced appears to be
> rare, is easy to diagnose,
> and is easy to fix.
>
> On the other hand, changing either -end- even under version control
> would be, I guess,
> be inconvenient or worse to many more people than have ever been bitten
> by your problem.
>
> Nick
> [email protected]
>
> Zhiqiang Wang
>
> Thank you, Svend and Nick, for your suggestions. They have all worked
> well to get what I want.
>
> It would be ideal if Stata could distinguish the -end- of -input- and
> the -end- of -program-.
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