[Bioperl-l] adding seqfeatures in Bio::Seq

[Ewan Birney]

On Thu, 26 Sep 2002, Hilmar Lapp wrote:

> When you do this, the implementation attempts to attach its
> primary_seq object to the added feature -- so fine so good -- unless
> the feature has already a seq attached which is not equal to the
> primary_seq to be attached (if it is equal it proceeds even though
> it's pointless). If it is unequal, it issues a warning and does
> nothing.
>
> I don't like this and I vote for abandoning this restriction (I've
> hit a snag because of this). Why do we need to be so strict here?



I agree with Jason and yourself here - attach_seq and add_feature should
be symmetrical.