[Bioperl-l] SeqIO documentation

[Brian Osborne]

Chris,

Since we've been discussing formats I just wanted to mention that I've  
changed this documentation from SeqIO.pm:

If no format is specified and a filename is given then the module will  
attempt to deduce the format from the filename suffix. If there is no  
suffix that Bioperl understands then it will attempt to guess the  
format based on file content. If this is unsuccessful then Fasta  
format is assumed.

To:

If no format is specified and a filename is given then the module will  
attempt to deduce the format from the filename suffix. If there is no  
suffix that Bioperl understands then it will attempt to guess the  
format based on file content. If this is unsuccessful then SeqIO will  
throw a fatal error.

The code is clear, if SeqIO can't figure out what the format is then  
it dies, "fasta" is not the default format.


Brian O.