birdnotes.py: Objects to represent bird note files

This Python generator returns the sequence of BirdForm objects in order by the two-part phylogenetic key used in the self._txMap dictionary.

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    def genForms(self):
        """Generate contained forms in phylogenetic order.
        """

        #-- 1 --
        # [ keyList  :=  keys from self.txMap in ascending order ]
        keyList = self._txMap.keys()
        keyList.sort()

        #-- 2 --
        # [ generate the values from self._txMap in order by the
        #   elements of keyList ]
        for  key in keyList:
            yield  self._txMap[key]