[Biopython-dev] [Biopython (old issues only) - Bug #2351] Make Seq more like a string, even subclass string?

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Issue #2351 has been updated by Michiel de Hoon.


Yes it should inherit from Unicode strings. With Python >= 3.3, the memory storage requirements for Unicode strings is the same as for Ascii strings in Python 2.
I also agree that we can change Seq equality. We may as well do it as the same time as changing the base class.
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Bug #2351: Make Seq more like a string, even subclass string?
https://redmine.open-bio.org/issues/2351

Author: Peter Cock
Status: New
Priority: Normal
Assignee: Biopython Dev Mailing List
Category: Main Distribution
Target version: Not Applicable
URL: 


We've started talking on the mailing list about making the SeqRecord class a subclass of the Seq object, and making that a subclass of the Python string.

This bug is for holding patches - I suspect a lot of the discussion will continueon the mailing lists rather than here.

I explicitly have left the "assign to" field pointing at the dev mailinglist.


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