[Biopython-dev] Propose: Adding an alias name (gb) for Genbank in SeqIO

Peter biopython at maubp.freeserve.co.uk
Wed Apr 15 07:01:54 EDT 2009


On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Michiel de Hoon <mjldehoon at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I think it's nice to be consistent with NCBI, and I don't see a big
> problem in having an alias for GenBank in SeqIO. At least,
> having "gb" in Bio.Entrez but "genbank" in Bio.SeqIO would
> go against the principle of least surprise.

True.

Would you support other aliases such as "pfam" for "stockholm", an
alias supported in EMBOSS for this alignment format?

Peter


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