[Bioperl-l] GenBankParser comparison to bioperl parser

[Elia Stupka]

>    - diversity of implementations in main repository good for pros and
> experts to look at everything, see what is going on
> 
>    - diversity of implemetnations in main repository bad for newbies who
> just get down right confused

Would a newbie doc file as well as pointers in each parser to the other
parser and explanation do the trick in this specific case?

Elia

> 
> 
> Best solution - implementation that works in all cases, is easy to 
> understand for newbies, powerful for pros, no performance issue, and 
> *makes* the coffee.
> 
> 
> Hmmm... thinking
> 
> (dangerous) look at adding it in as an underlying skeleton parser below
> "SeqIO::genbank" into something like SeqIO::Raw::genbank and then move
> SeqIO::genbank on top of that. This way people can drop down to "raw"
> genbank mode.
> 
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> 
> John - would you be ok with this? I'll take a look at the feasibility of 
> this...
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Elia

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