[Biojava-dev] numbering gaps vs elements

[Thomas Down]

On Tue, Oct 08, 2002 at 01:38:08PM -0400, Doug Rusch wrote:
> Previously Thomas Down mentioned :
> 
> >Is that true?  I'd expect [1,90] (remember, right now we're numbering
> >list elements rather than `gaps', so [1,20] and [20,50] definitely
> >overlap.)
> 
> The "right now" clause made me wonder if there are plans to switch to a gap based numbering scheme? Personally I prefer this method (numbering from 0).
> 
> Do others feel this is a worth while change or is everyone happy with things the way they are?

It's something that's being seriously considered for BioJava 2.
see http://www.biojava.co.uk/discuss/article/4.html.

    Thomas.