[Biopython-dev] PEP8 lower case module names?

[Kai Blin]

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On 2012-09-06 09:06, Peter Cock wrote:

Hi folks,

I realize I'm late to this party, but I was asked to give an opinion
in the SearchIO thread.

> For single user machines, where the single user has only a small
> collection of scripts this isn't such an issue. For any shared
> server, or user with lots of Biopython scripts (some of which may
> have been written by different people), you would be forced into a
> mass change at one go.
> 
> You would also have considerable hassle later on with any attempt
> to re-run old scripts.

In my opinion, this is where python virtualenv [1] can really make
life easier, and I'd recommend this for running old library versions
anyway.

I'd rather do the correct change now, for every version of python, and
explain to people how to set up virtualenvs for their older scripts.

Cheers,
Kai

[1] http://pypi.python.org/pypi/virtualenv

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