[BioPython] I don't understand why SeqRecord.feature is a list

Ezequiel Panepucci ezequiel.panepucci at psi.ch
Tue Jun 12 11:44:59 UTC 2007


> But I don't understand why SeqRecord.feature is a list, I think it
> could be easier to use as a dictionary.

The problem with a dictionaries is that they  are not ordered
and lists are, so internally it is easier to organize lists than dicts.

I don't know how easy it would be to define which attribute/property
of a feature should be used as a dict key.

Zac



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