[Biopython-dev] [Bug 1555] New: # style comments in FASTA format files

[Iddo Friedberg]

Can you point to a source of #-commented FASTA files? I don't think 
that's in any ``official'' specification, but if it's commonplace enough 
we can work the # thing in.


bugzilla-daemon at portal.open-bio.org wrote:
> http://bugzilla.bioperl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1555
> 
>            Summary: # style comments in FASTA format files
>            Product: Biopython
>            Version: Not Applicable
>           Platform: Sun
>         OS/Version: SunOS
>             Status: NEW
>           Severity: normal
>           Priority: P2
>          Component: Main Distribution
>         AssignedTo: biopython-dev at biopython.org
>         ReportedBy: ktdiedrich at yahoo.com
> 
> 
> Many FASTA format files have comments of the style # 
> The Bio.Fasta.RecordParser and Bio.Fasta.SequenceParser should skip these lines.
> Thanks,
> 
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