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Re: st: Capture break in mata
From
Phil Schumm <[email protected]>
To
<[email protected]>
Subject
Re: st: Capture break in mata
Date
Wed, 2 Oct 2013 03:17:03 -0500
On Oct 1, 2013, at 6:25 PM, James Fiedler <[email protected]> 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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