Loading and running simuPOP

• Pythonic issues
  • from simuPOP import * v.s. import simuPOP
  • References and the clone()member function
  • Zero-based indexes, absolute and relative indexes
  • Ranges and iterators
  • Empty, ALL_AVAIL and dynamic values for parameters loci, reps, ancGen and subPops
  • User-defined functions and class WithArgs *
  • Exception handling *
• Loading simuPOP modules
  • Short, long, binary, mutant and lineage modules and their optimized versions
  • Execution in multiple threads
  • Graphical user interface
• Online help system
• Debug-related functions and operators *
• Random number generator *