[Biopython-dev] [Biopython] SeqIO.index improvement suggestions

[Renato Alves]

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>So this does look like a Python 2.x bug which has been fixed in Python
>3.x, and we should probably report this (after searching to see if it
>is a known issue).

The closest I could find is: http://bugs.python.org/issue5148

But it's also on gzip.open(), not plain open().

>However, even if it is fixed in Python 2.6.x and 2.7.x, it won't get
>fixed in older versions like Python 2.4 or 2.5.

Do you raising a warning if the 'U' mode is explicitly passed would be a
reasonable solution for older python versions?

Renato
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