[pdl-stats] PDL::Slatec warning

[Bruce R. <br...@bn...>]

Hi,

I have been using PDL::Stats for some time now.  It's great!  Thanks a
million!

I don't love that PDL::Stats::GLM complains about the absence of
PDL::Slatec.  The documentation states that PDL::SLatec is only
*required* for the logistic method (which I am not using).

I find it to be hit or miss as to whether PDL::Slatec installs easily.
On most of my linux machines -- no problem.  On all of my Windows
machines using Strawberry, not so much.  Since I do not use the
logistic method, I find the warning to be unnecessary.

I have a lot of unsavvy users of my software for whom a
not-quite-necessary warning is bound to be pretty scary.  My
preference would be for PDL::Stats::GLM to croak or die if logistic is
called in the absence of PDL::Stats, but for it to be silent in any
other case.

Thanks!
Bruce

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