[Bioc-devel] [BioC] granges() method for GenomicRanges objects akin to ranges()...

[Hervé Pagès]

On 07/08/2014 11:29 AM, Michael Lawrence wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 10:36 AM, Julian Gehring <julian.gehring at embl.de>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Herve,
>>
>>
>>   2) A 'dropMcols' or 'dropmcols' method with signature 'GRanges' that is
>>>> a wrapper for
>>>>     mcols(x) <- NULL
>>>>
>>>
>>> How about setMcols(), which is more general than dropmcols()?
>>>
>>>
>> Do you mean a function like:
>>
>>    setMcols <- function(x, value = NULL) {
>>      mcols(x) = value
>>      return(x)
>>    }
>>
>> I'd be fine with this.  However, some argued before that setting to NULL
>> may be counterintuitive for non-advanced users.
>>
>>
> Probably best to have both setMcols and dropMcols.

OK. Let's go for both.

Thanks,
H.

>
>
>
>> Best wishes
>> Julian
>>
>>
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