[Bioperl-l] Help with Bio::SeqIO

Hilmar Lapp hlapp at duke.edu
Mon Nov 5 17:32:24 UTC 2007


Sounds good to me. -hilmar

On Nov 5, 2007, at 12:16 PM, Chris Fields wrote:

> Yes, we would sort based on the splittype() and default to a  
> particular behavior ('join') if one isn't designated, maybe with a  
> warning indicating the splittype() isn't defined.  Using an 'order'  
> or other defined types could also delineate a default sort/nosort  
> behavior (probably the previous as it would replicate prior behavior).
>
> chris
>
> On Nov 5, 2007, at 10:03 AM, Hilmar Lapp wrote:
>
>> I agree that there should be a meaningful default that results in
>> "doing the right thing" in most cases if the user doesn't intervene.
>> I'm not sure I understand all the details, but it sounds sorting or
>> not sorting should depend on the split location type unless the user
>> overrides it by argument. That's what you're suggesting, right?
>>
>> 	-hilmar
>

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