[BioPython] RecordFile

Cayte katel@worldpath.net
Wed, 27 Jun 2001 12:53:25 -0700


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ramu Chenna" <chenna@embl-heidelberg.de>
To: "Cayte" <katel@worldpath.net>

> while 1:
> e = db.nextrecord()
> if not e:
> break
>
> Otherwise making two calls to fetch an entry, i think, unnecessary (pardon
> me if i am wrong....)

  This is fine if the user is pulling in a complete record.  But I gave the
user the option of specifying a size if memory is short.  In this case the
user needs to know when one record ends and the next begins.  Do you have
any suggestions?
>
                                             Cayte>