[Biopython] Python getting stuck reading fastq file

[Peter Cock]

On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 3:57 PM, Philipp Schiffer
<philipp.schiffer at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi again!
>
> Seems to be working now, after I pulled the latest Biopython from github.
> Very sorry for Saturday evening disturbance.
>
> Have a great Christmas season everybody.

OK, good :)

What made you think it is stuck though (and not just taking a long time)?

Also, since you are only using the ID rather than the full SeqRecord
representation, it would be faster to use the FastqGeneralIterator
iterator function instead, e.g.
http://news.open-bio.org/news/2009/09/biopython-fast-fastq/

Regards,

Peter