[BioRuby] Remove class name aliases: Bio::DDBJ, Bio::RefSeq

Pjotr Prins pjotr.public14 at thebird.nl
Wed Jun 26 09:15:36 UTC 2013


Good idea!

On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 05:46:33PM +0900, Naohisa Goto wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'd like to remove the following classes that are only aliases of other classes.
> I've heard that the existance of these classes with empty contents is a
> source of confusion for newcomers. Moreover, I think such aliases make
> things complicated and may make refactoring difficult. I also think
> these might be waste of namespace.
> 
> * Bio::DDBJ, Bio::RefSeq (Same as Bio::GenBank)
> 
> In the upcoming release, I'm planning to show warning messages when
> using the classes. Then they will really be removed in the future release.
> 
> -- 
> Naohisa Goto
> ngoto at gen-info.osaka-u.ac.jp / ng at bioruby.org
> 
> 
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