[BioPython] More string methods for the Seq object

[Martin MOKREJŠ]

Hi Peter,
  
Peter wrote:
> Dear Biopythoneers,
> 
> On bugzilla I've put forward a couple of suggested string-like methods
> which I would like to add to the Seq object.
> 
> Bug 2351 comment 15 - adding a split method
> http://bugzilla.open-bio.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2351#c15
> Here I have suggested the separator be non-optional (for strings this
> defaults to white space)

  please apologize my ignorance but what is this useful for?


> Bug 2596 - adding strip, rstrip and lstrip
> http://bugzilla.open-bio.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2596
> Here I have suggested these default to stripping gap characters (for
> strings these default to stripping white space)

  Again, what is this useful for? Aren't there checks for quality
of the sequence when one tries to instantiate the object?

M.