[BioC] HTqPCR and Biobase's eSet

[Heidi Dvinge]

Hi An,

> Dear Heidi,
>
> Based on the conversation on class "qPCRset" and the suggestion of
> having phenoData included, I think that's a great idea!  I was even
> wondering whether pData(featureData(qPCRset)) would be a slot of
> interest as well to include to the qPCRset object. I learned that you
> have already
> featureType(dat)
> featurePos(dat)
> featureClass(dat)
> Each of these are currently vectors and could actually be columns of
> pData(featureData(qPCRset)).  This is how it has been implemented for
> expressionSets, I think.
>
> Do you think this could be of interest to a broader community as well?
>
Thanks for the feedback. With one more vote cast in for letting qPCRset
inheret from ExpressionSet (and hence phenoData), this does indeed seem to
be the way for me to go. I'll have a look at updaying this for the next
Bioconductor release.

Best
\Heidi

> Thanks in advance for your consideration.
>
> Best,
> An
>