[Bioperl-l] Re: coding custom Gene object

[David Block]

On Thu, 23 Aug 2001, Gene Cutler wrote:

> >
> >I'm in the midst of testing this code.  It seems to work too well.  In the
> >past, $gene->exons() would return the exons in the order put in to the
> >gene.  I by default sort them and return them in order.  This breaks some
> >of the tests.
> >
> >Should I
> >(a) un_default the sort of exons, or
> >(b) change the tests, or
> >(c) something else?
> 
> 
> What about $gene->exons() has the old behavior, while $gene->exons_ordered()
> uses the new behavior.  Then you can have the best of both worlds.
> 
Done. Committing as soon as the tests pass... should be right away.

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David Block
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