On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 2:49 PM, Gene Selkov <selko...@gmail.com> wrote: > I need a data type to represent genomic positions, which will consist of a > string and a pair of integers with interval logic and access methods. Sort > of like my seg type, but more straightforward. > > I noticed somebody took a good care of seg while I was away for the last 20 > years, and I am extremely grateful for that. I have been using it. In the > meantime, things have changed and now I am almost clueless about how you > deal with contributed modules and what steps I should take once I get it to > work. Also, is it a good idea to clone and fix seg for this purpose, or is > there a more appropriate template? Or maybe just building it from scratch > will be a better idea?
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