Fix loading and IntervalSet from NWB file with metadata #386
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There was an issue with creating IntervalSets from loaded NWB files, where the IntervalSet object was being created first, thus sorting start and end times, and afterwards adding metadata that is now misaligned. This fix changes the load so that metadata is passed at creation in a dataframe with the start and end times, preserving the alignment.
An initial sort of an input dataframe start times, which preserves their relationship to each end time, is also done in an attempt to preserve the metadata. This is because when start and end times are sorted separately, as they are later in the constructor, metadata is dropped since it is unclear whether to pair metadata with the start or end time. However, if end times need to be sorted later in the constructor, metadata will still be dropped.