Re: st: View source code of mata function from library mataado

[Matthieu Stigler <matthieu.stigler@graduateinstitute.ch>]

Dear Nick

Thanks for your answer! Note however that in a very similar case, the
function panelsetup in mlib lmatabase (see mata: mata which
panelsetup), it is possible to see the source code!
viewsource panelsetup.mata

so it seems that while (some) functions in the STATA mlib lmatabase
can be accessed, functions in STATA package lmataado would be hidden?
That seems very weird, I can't understand why STATA developers would
like to hide their code?

Thanks!

Matthieu
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2013/11/26 Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com>:
> No; this is not surprising. -viewsource-, as its name implies, is for
> viewing source code. Anything in an .mlib is object code. Regardless
> of whether it is visible to you, no human can make sense of it.
>
> Mata programmers aren't obliged to make their source code available
> and there could be good reasons not to do that.
>
> Nick
> njcoxstata@gmail.com
>
>
> On 26 November 2013 15:08, Matthieu Stigler
> <matthieu.stigler@graduateinstitute.ch> wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> I would like to see the source code of the mata function
>> _iv_kclass_wrk, contained in the mataado.mlib library. However, when
>> typing:
>> viewsource _iv_kclass_wrk.mata
>>
>> I get an error message. This is surprising since:
>> : mata which _iv_kclass_wrk
>>   _iv_kclass_wrk():  lmataado
>> : end
>>
>> confirms this function exists and is in lmataado. How is it possible
>> to inspect the source code? It does not look like viewsource/source
>> have optional arguments to precise the mlib library location?
>>
>> note this question is very similar to:
>> http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/2013-01/msg01387.html
>>
>> which remained apparently unanswered?
>>
>> Thanks a lot!
>>
>> Matthieu
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