[Bioperl-l] parsing blast reports

[Chris Fields]

And I've done just that (added a -string option to Bio::Root::IO, along
with tests).  Now in main trunk, r16948.

chris

On Wed, 2010-04-07 at 16:47 -0500, Chris Fields wrote:
> We could do that for convenience, just another option.
> 
> chris
> 
> On Wed, 2010-04-07 at 20:40 +0100, Gregory Jordan wrote:
> > This particular trick isn't *too* ugly, but why don't we just add a
> > "-string" parameter to the Bio::Root::IO module? Then, Bioperl users
> > wouldn't have to independently discover the string filehandle trick every
> > time they find themselves wanting to use a string instead of a file or
> > handle. Personally, I've discovered, forgotten, and re-discovered this
> > particular one more than once already.
> > 
> > The _initialize_io method in Bio::Root::IO already deals with two mutually
> > exclusive input parameters ("file" and "fh"); is there a good reason why not
> > to add a third and just include the string filehandle bit within that
> > method?
> > 
> > greg
> > 
> > On 7 April 2010 19:06, Dave Messina <David.Messina at sbc.su.se> wrote:
> > 
> > > > Forgot about that one, much simpler.
> > >
> > > Me too, until I was doing this same thing a couple days ago... :)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > D
> > >
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