Re: genomic locus

On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 2:49 PM, Gene Selkov <selkovjr(at)gmail(dot)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?

Have you thought about just using a composite type?

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