Re: [OctDev] econometrics functions

[Paul K. <pki...@us...>]

On Oct 22, 2004, at 9:49 AM, Michael Creel wrote:

> Hi again Paul,
> One thing, I was wondering if it is good policy to add directories the 
> way I
> did with "econometrics". I think that the stuff I added is different 
> enough
> and interdependent enough so that it should not just be dropped into 
> the
> main/statistics directory. I would have used a subdir inside 
> statistics,
> except I understand that 2nd level subdir of main don't make it into 
> the
> package. IS that correct? Any comments about using a new dir?
> Michael

The choice of what goes into a separate directory should be driven by
the likely audience.  MLE should therefore go into the statistics 
directory
since it is applicable far beyond the econometrics community.  If there
are functions specific to econometrics, they should go into a separate
econometrics directory.

Since everything is in a flat namespace I don't find a hierarchical
organization within directories particularly compelling, and certainly 
not
compelling enough to support it in the test and install scripts.  I 
don't
object to others doing so if they are so inclined.

- Paul