[Bioperl-l] strand conservation in RangeI::union?

[Ewan Birney]

On Wed, 5 Jul 2000, Peter van Heusden wrote:

> Hi All
> 
> Is there a reason that RangeI::union always returns a strand of 0?
> 
> As I understanding the function, RangeI::union should return the union
> of the co-ordinates it receives. I'm not certain what the 'union' of two
> ranges on opposite strands is (maybe strand 0?), but if all the ranges are
> on the same strand, then surely that strand should be returned as the
> third item in the list union returns?


I would agree with you peter ;). If matt does not chime in with some deep
understanding of this, make the change on the main trunk...

> 
> Peter
> --
> Peter van Heusden				pvh@egenetics.com
> Electric Genetics
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