[BioPython] feature request for Bio.PDB

[Christian Meesters]

Hi,

I think it would be good to have the option to retrieve the kind of atom
added using a method of the atom-class, e.g. like:
x = atom.get_kind()
and x would then be 'H' or 'N' for instance. It is of course possible to
retrieve this information via the atom id, but this requires to employ a
dictionary if one wants to know which type of atom this is. So, such a
method would only be for convenience.

It would be nice to see this in the upcoming release, but I fear it's
too late for this and it would be great if this idea would only be
considered for some other future release.

Christian