[MOBY-dev] data by reference - a request for comments

[Mark Wilkinson]

On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:05:42 -0700, Paul Gordon <gordonp at ucalgary.ca>  
wrote:

> I'll finally chime in...I'm in favour of data-by-reference at any level  
> within a mobyData block.  Above that and you get weird issues with  
> exception maintenance, and any restriction below that appears pretty  
> artificial to me.


I agree with Paul.  I wouldn't go any higher than the mobyData block, but  
allowing it at any lower levels seems sensible to me, particularly given  
Pieter's use-case.

M


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Mark D Wilkinson, PI Bioinformatics
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The James Hogg iCAPTURE Centre for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research
Providence Heart + Lung Institute
University of British Columbia - St. Paul's Hospital
Vancouver, BC, Canada