Re: [Cdk-devel] new Atom("C") sets the atomic number, but atom.setSymbol("C") does not

[Egon W. <ego...@gm...>]

On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 12:49 PM, John May <joh...@gm...> wrote:
> Yeah I did try this recently but ran into problems (methods expecting null etc).

Yes, right...

> Egon and I have discussed making element a field instead of instead of having the inheritance but that would be a larger change for another time.

I have a preliminary patch for that, and I think this is the way
forward; but it's also post 1.6 material.

Egon

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