Bioperl: start, end, strand

[Andrew Dalke]

Steve said:
>Some other reasons why we can't rely on start vs. end comparisons to
>determine the strand:
>
>1) Single-residue features, (start = end).


Just pointing out that that's an aspect of how ranges are defined.
If a single residue was denoted [start:start+1] then there wouldn't
be the problem.  This point alone should not be enough to make a
choice.

>2) Circular sequences, (the last base is 5' of the first).


But this one can :)

                    Andrew
                    dalke@acm.org


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