[seqfan] Re: automatic cross-refence

Dmitry Kamenetsky Dmitry.Kamenetsky at nicta.com.au
Tue Mar 3 05:40:10 CET 2009


> This idea was discussed a couple of times before.
> A short answer is NO, it won't work.
> The problem is that some sequences are highly referenced and
> referencing back every sequence will blow up them.
> Here is example: A000040 is referenced by more than 2,500 sequences -
> just imagine how much space it would take to reference them all back.
>
> Regards,
> Max
>   
Ok then only reference back if the number of sequences (that reference 
you) is less than some threshold number, say 10. I see no problem with this.

Dmitry




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