[Biopython-dev] Questions on StructureBuilder, MMCIFParser, and MMCIFlex

[Peter]

On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 5:34 PM, Paul B <tallpaulinjax at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>Are you sure it should it be 1 and not 0? Remember, Python counts from zero.
>
> If the MODEL record in the .ent record says MODEL 1, should
> biopython report it as 0? In PDBParser, the code is as follows:
> ...

If for the PDB parser Thomas already chose to report the model
as 1, then to yes you are right - to be consistent the CIF parser
should do the same as the PDB parser.

Peter