[Biopython-dev] Ideas for Biopython 2.0

[Peter Cock]

Yep - that's what I meant :)

i.e. "biopython" (or "biopy" or ...") as a folder name meaning we'd
have for example "biopython/sequences/__init__.py`` which can
be import as "from biopython import sequences" etc.

The NumPy/SciPy like usage pattern for importing had crossed my
mind too - although if we try to minimise the top level automatic
imports I think that is less useful?

(By that I mean that for example people doing clustering would not
want the overhead of lots of sequence code being imported by default)

Peter

On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 3:47 PM, Tiago Antão <tiagoantao at gmail.com> wrote:
> Or even
> biopython.*
> and have a recommendation of
> import biopython as bp
> Tiago
>
> On 19 June 2017 at 08:45, Peter Cock <p.j.a.cock at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I am generally in agreement with your comments Tiago.
>>
>> Note as per my reply to Patrick, we can't use "bio" (lower case)
>> as this would be the same directory on disk as "Bio" (title case) on
>> Windows and most Macs which use a case-insensitive file system.
>> Thus suggestions like "biopy" and "biopython" instead.
>>
>> Peter
>>