[BioPython] Hello and congrats on the marriage of python with biology

[Chris Fenton]

Firstly, I am new to the list, so hello.
Secondly, I am rather new to python, but am convinced it is a better
language for large co-op projects than perl (do not misunderstand I like
perl).
Thirdly, I am no coding guru, but am willing to help.

I am unsure as to what has been done already done as far as a code base
but I reckon if biopython is to grow it is dependent on people donating
code.
I am polishing some simple python code that allows users to download
sequences from the net (Entrez site):

Specify (query, db, max display) to retrieve a list of uid numbers,
retrieve records (uid, format) and save to file (file).

I do not know if you guys have similar code, or if this could help.
If not  is there something the needs to be done (testing or porting some
perl to python) I will certainly give it a try.
At the moment I am looking at 'pythonizing'Aceperl but again unsure if I
has not already been done.