<quote>By adapting the module for the special formats of the bioinformatics world, aren't you requiring an extra level of understanding?</quote>

I don't think so. Using an array to interface a file by records is something that I find very easy to understand and to work with.

<quote>Whereas by being self-sufficient and learning the basics of Perl, "the 'official' language of bioinformatics", isn't the inexperienced user better positioned to handle whatever data processing need arises?</quote>

Sure, I totally agree, but you can (for example) use an object oriented module without knowing a bit about object orientation. This doesn't mean that you will not do your work better if you know the basis of object orientation. I mean that I find this interface very simple to use (as the Tie::File module itself), but this doesn't mean that I don't have to learn other ways of doing it. BTW, I find many people working on bioinformatics that only wants to learn enough Perl to make things work (my boss, for example :) ).

Thanks for your comments!

citromatik

In reply to Re^4: RFC:Hacking Tie::File to read complex data by citromatik
in thread RFC:Hacking Tie::File to read complex data by citromatik

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