[Biopython] Fasta.index_file: functionality removed?

[Peter]

On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 10:23 AM, Peter <biopython at maubp.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 6:37 PM, Cedar McKay<cmckay at u.washington.edu> wrote:
> > Hello, I depend on functionality provided by Fasta.index_file to index a
> > large file (5 million sequences), too large to put in memory, and access it
> > in a dictionary-like way. Newer versions of Biopython have removed (or
> > hopefully moved) this functionality.
>
> Yes, that is correct.  I'd have to digg a little deeper for more details, but
> Bio.Fasta.index_file and the associated Bio.Fasta.Dictionary were
> deprecated in September 2007, so the warning would have first been in
> Biopython 1.45 (released March 22, 2008).

Sorry - October comes AFTER September, so as Michiel said, the deprecation
warning first appeared in Biopython 1.44 (released 28 October 2007). It would
be nice to have ViewCVS working again soon...

Peter