group by sex

[sebdalgarno]

I see this warning when I try to have groups "male" and "female":

Warning: Group 'male' is contained within other groups. To avoid function failure, a number will be appended to this group.

my groups then automatically become "male_1" and "female"

I suppose a solution would be to use 'm' and 'f' instead, but it seems like 'male' and 'female' would be one of the most common groupings to make (besides hatchery and wild).
I wonder if there is a solution to this?

[hugomflavio]

I remember that the names being contained within each other would break something, but the fact that I can't remember exactly what says much about how long ago I coded that part of actel :) It was something related to matching group names.

My mastery of regex expressions has improved considerably since then, so I am sure there must be a way to prevent that bug and still be able to have group names contained within other group names. I just need to find out where the problem was to begin with. I suppose that deactivating that particular safety net would be a possible way to find the troublesome code; I will have to look into it with some more time.

Thanks for bringing it to my attention!

[sebdalgarno]

OK great yes I think it would be a useful enhancement, but i do understand that these things can open up a can of worms!