hello …
maybe this one is also helpful:
https://wiki.postgresql.org/images/1/1b/Postbis_pgcon_eu_2012.pdf
it seems they have put a lot of work into that.
regards,
hans
> On 15 Dec 2017, at 20:49, Gene Selkov <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Greetings everyone,
>
> 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?
>
> I have seen a lot of bit rot in other extensions (never contributed) that I
> have not maintained since 2009 and I now I am unable to fix some of them, so
> I wonder how much of old knowledge is still applicable. In other words, is
> what I see in new code just a change of macros or the change of principles?
>
> Thanks,
>
> --Gene
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