[Biopython-dev] Cleaning up Bio.SeqUtils

[Peter]

Dear all,

I've previously mentioned the idea of cleaning up
Bio/SeqUtils/__init__.py in passing.  I've been reminded about this by
Bug 2585 where Sebastian spotted a problem in one of the FASTA related
functions.
http://bugzilla.open-bio.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2585

I've updated the docstrings in CVS to describe the three functions
quick_FASTA_reader, apply_on_multi_fasta and
quicker_apply_on_multi_fasta as obsolete but I would like to suggest
going further and deprecating them.

There are other dubious or redundant functions in
Bio/SeqUtils/__init__.py such as a translate function.  Again, would
there be any objection to deprecating this too?

Peter