[Bioperl-l] a PerlIO layer for Bio::SeqIO

[Smithies, Russell]

Why anyone would want to do it this way is the only thing that's bugging me  ;-)
Maybe I'm a bit dense this morning but what's the advantage?

--Russell
(I need more coffee)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: bioperl-l-bounces at lists.open-bio.org [mailto:bioperl-l-
> bounces at lists.open-bio.org] On Behalf Of Mark A. Jensen
> Sent: Friday, 23 October 2009 11:24 a.m.
> To: BioPerl List
> Subject: [Bioperl-l] a PerlIO layer for Bio::SeqIO
> 
> Hi All:
> 
> Have you ever wanted to do this?
> 
>  open($f, "<:via(SeqIO)", "my.fas");
>  open($g, ">:via(SeqIO::embl)", "my.fas.embl");
>  while (<$f>) { print $g $_; }
> 
> Or this?
> 
>  open($f, "<:via(SeqIO)", "my.fas");
>  open(STDOUT, ">:via(SeqIO::fasta)");
>  $seq = <$f>;
>  print "The following is an example of FASTA format:", $seq;
> 
> Or even this?
> 
>  (tied *STDOUT)->set_write_format('gcg');
>  print "While this is an example of GCG:", $seq;
> 
> Now you can, and much more. See
> http://search.cpan.org/search?query=PerlIO::via::SeqIO
> 
> Send me the bugs.
> cheers,
> MAJ
> 
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