[Biopython-dev] Adding QUIET argument to PDBParser()

[Eric Talevich]

On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 8:21 AM, João Rodrigues <anaryin at gmail.com> wrote:

> Regarding the missing element never raising an exception, here's what I
> propose:
>
> Change the wording of the warnings in the Atom._assign_element method so
> that they signal that the element was missing and it either was
> auto-assigned or it couldn't be assigned at all.
>

I agree. Just prefixing the existing messages with "Missing or unexpected
element: " would probably be fine, I think.

Cheers,
Eric