[Bioperl-l] FASTQ output
Hilmar Lapp
hlapp at gmx.net
Sat Jul 4 13:49:39 UTC 2009
On Jul 1, 2009, at 5:48 AM, Chris Fields wrote:
> I am working on FASTQ output and noticed a real oddity. Apparently,
> there are three write_* methods for this module, with the odd choice
> of write_seq for Bio::SeqIO::fastq writing FASTA, not FASTQ.
> write_qual() writes Qual format:
Maybe the motivating thought was that a SeqIO module ought to write
sequences when write_seq() is called. I agree though that a writer for
a format ought to write that format and not something else.
> [...] is there a reason for duplicating output code for qual and
> FASTA output within Bio::SeqIO::fastq
Hopefully not.
> [...] Anyone have problems with me changing that up a bit?
Go ahead.
-hilmar
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