[BioPython] Why _num_letters_in_database XMLBLAST parser?

Peter biopython at maubp.freeserve.co.uk
Mon Mar 31 10:13:06 EDT 2008


On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 12:23 PM, Peter <biopython at maubp.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 2:28 AM, Sebastian Bassi <sbassi at gmail.com> wrote:
>  > Hello,
>  >
>  >  I am working at the xml formater (to format BLAST xml to html).
>  >  I found that the num_letters_in_database data is stored as a "private"
>  >  attribute.
>
>  That looks like a bug to me.  The old text parser in
>  Bio.Blast.NCBIStandalone and the Bio.Blast.Record both use
>  num_letters_in_database with no leading underscore.
>
>  If there are no objections, I'm happy to make that change.

As Michiel didn't object, I've fixed this in CVS.  Thanks for the
alter Sebastian.

Peter


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