[Phylobase-devl] Conference call minutes

[Peter Cowan]

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> On Mar 24, 2008, at 4:00 PM, Peter Cowan wrote:
>>> This would not be such a problem if we knew how all the code calling
>>> ape functions will be affected... do we? Anyway, I think we'll
>>> diverge from ape soon or later, so this time may be as good as any.
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>> I agree with you, this time is as good as any.  However, this would
>> mean scrapping some of the 'backward compatibility' such as the $  
>> hack.
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> Really? Isn't $ implemented more or less like a macro calling an API  
> function?

Fair enough, this could be implemented but would require a bit more  
effort than the current implementation.  Currently foo$edge just  
return foo at edge, if we change the edge format we would have to do  
as(foo, 'phylo')$edge.  So I guess it's not even that much more  
effort...

Peter

> I haven't been able to stay on top of all this - you guys are  
> awesome in making continuous progress - so I may be missing the  
> obvious. Feel free to set me straight.
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> 	-hilmar
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