am I missing somthing here?
No you aren't and that is exactly my point.
If we change the parser code then they won't be equivalent any more. Therefore those genes won't work any more.
Or are you suggesting that we still allow the code to be
written that way but that when the program displays the DNA in the information window, that it just displays numbers instead.
The labels are only there to make the DNA easier to read.
They actually don't serve any purpose whatsoever[sacasm]Hey why don't we just scrap labels altogether and just use memory addresses. Since they are
exactly equivalent wouldn't this make things easier?[/sarcasm]