[Biocorba-l] SeqFeature -> get_Primary_Seq

[Alan Robinson]

Unfortunately a float isn't enough - suppose we have version 3.2.1 of a
database? There's also people who version by date: 3rd February 2001,
03/02/01, ...

I think I've come round to thinking that it needs to be a string...


Btw - I'd be keen to see PrimarySeqDB have a 'description' method:

interface PrimarySeqDB {

  //...

  // Return a free-text description of this database.
  string description();

}



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On Tue, 6 Feb 2001, Brad Chapman wrote:

> Alan:
> > Btw, the version number of a database - should it be a 'string' or an
> > 'integer'??? Currently, it's the latter - But I'm now not so sure if
> > that's appropriate...
> 
> Well, I still prefer strings :-). But if it's going to be a number, it
> seems like you should at least be able to have versions like 0.7 or
> 1.3, so I guess it would be better as a float. I don't know, you
> probably need the most strict versioning for the EMBL database -- what 
> do you want?
> 
> Brad
> 
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