Re: st: somersd error message

["Roger B. Newson" <r.newson@imperial.ac.uk>]

Thanks to Bill for reminding us about these very useful Mata commands 
(even though this particular problem seems to have been solved by Barry. 
I have filed this helpful advice along with my standard answer.

Best wishes

Roger

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On 31/10/2012 14:25, William Gould, StataCorp LP wrote:
> Roger Newson wrote,
>
> RN> This is very curious INDEED. Do you get exactly the same error
> RN> message as before, or another one? Because -lsomersd.mlib-
> RN> should DEFINITELY include the -tidottree()- function. If it
> RN> doesn't, then it is not the correct -lsomersd.mlib-.
>
> when Barry Quinn <brotherbarry@me.com> replied most recently about
> -mata query- showing that lsomersd was included among lsomersd.mlib and
> yet he is still getting the error message that tidottree() is not being
> found.
>
> There are some Mata commands that might help debug the issue.
> They are
>
>             : mata mlib query
>
>             : mata which tidottree()
>
>             : mata describe using lsomersd
>
> I recommend running them, and in that order specified.
>
> -mata mlib query- merely repeats the list of libriries that Mata
> searches; the information provided should be the same as that provided
> by -query-, but before we go looking for tidottree(), it's useful to
> verify that lsomesd really is in the libaries-to-be searched list.
>
> If it is not, type -mata mlib index- and then issue the
> -mata mlib query- again.
>
> -mata which tiddottree()- will cause Mata to report where
> tidottree() is, if it is anywhere.  If lsomersd is in the search list,
> and if function tiddottree() exists in it, the result will be
>
>          : mata which tiddottree()
>            tiddottree():  lsomersd
>
> Alternatively, the result might be
>
>          : mata which tiddottree()
>          function tiddottree() not found
>          r(111);
>
> Assuming the function is not found, it would be intersting to know
> what is in the library lsomersd:
>
>          : mata describe using lsomersd
>            <list of contents appears>
>
> -- Bill
> wgould@stata.com
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