[Bioperl-l] Inheritance Bio::Map::Physical

[Sendu Bala]

Keith Anthony Boroevich wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am attempting to add a few methods (ie. matching_bands_list) to the
> fpc map class but I am having a hard time inheriting the class properly.
> 
> My first attempt was to inherit the "Bio::Map::Physical" class but the
> "next_map" package is not found.
> So I tried inheriting "Bio::MapIO" instead, and get a cannot find
> "matching_bands_list" via package "Bio::Map::Physical"
> The only way I can get it to work is with no inheritance and passing the
> map class variable to the function, but this isn't very elegant.  Is
> there a correct way to inherit these classes that will allow me to
> execute this properly?

It's hard to diagnose the problem without knowing exactly what you've 
tried. Please post some relevant code. Also, what version of Bioperl are 
you using?