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

[Peter]

On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Peter <biopython at maubp.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> 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.

OK, in the absence of any objections, I have added "gb" as an alias
for "genbank" in Bio.SeqIO:

Bio/SeqIO/__init__.py CVS revision 1.52
Tests/test_SeqIO_online.py revision 1.8
Tests/output/test_SeqIO_online CVS revision 1.4
Doc/Tutorial.tex CVS revision 1.229

Peter