[Bioperl-l] Proposed name change for 1.3 (1.4)

[Ewan Birney]

On Sun, 23 Feb 2003, Hilmar Lapp wrote:

>
> On Sunday, February 23, 2003, at 09:56  AM, Paul Edlefsen wrote:
>
> > My understanding is that one always has to qualify names with
> > their namespace anyway, so Bio::SeqFeature::CollectionI will never be
> > refered to simply as "CollectionI".  What are the couple of things that
> > are easier?
>
> Well, I do like if classes have meaning even in the absence of their
> name space. The couple of things it makes easier off the top of my head
> is 1) less typing and confusion-proof in emails (bioperl communication
> does happen almost solely over emails, so to me this is not a fringe
> point), 2) simpler to auto-construct adaptor module names for dynamic
> loading at run-time (this may be a fringe point for many, but it's not
> for me).

I don't have a strong view either way, but I find

  Bio::Seq::SeqXXXXXX or Bio::Annotation::AnnotationSet

just a little to harsh on my eyes...


.... but.... I am happy either way



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