[Biopython-dev] Relaxing SeqIO, AlignIO, etc write functions?

[Marshall Hampton]

I'm strongly in favor of such relaxations.  It would also be convenient if 
SeqRecords had a write function.

-Marshall Hampton

>So, should we continue to insist on:
>
>record = SeqRecord(...)
>SeqIO.write([record], filename, format)

>or should be relax a little more and allow this too?:

>record = SeqRecord(...)
>SeqIO.write(record, filename, format)

>For SeqIO and AlignIO we can do a simple isinstance check
>for a SeqRecord or alignment object - there isn't really a
>problem with ambiguity here. Probably also try for Phylo?

>What's the general consensus on the dev list?