[Biopython] PDBParser Class --> Output

[Peter Cock]

On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 8:29 AM, Edvin Fuglebakk
<edvin.fuglebakk at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 13. feb. 2011, at 18.54, Peter Cock wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 5:39 PM, Willis, Jordan R
>> <jordan.r.willis at vanderbilt.edu> wrote:
>>> 1.56,
>>>
>>> As it turns out, our molecular modeling suite does not output an
>>> element field.
>>
>> Could you ask the authors to populate this field?
>
> I would just like to comment on this remark that prior to pdb 2.0 there were no
> slots for element symbols in the ATOM / HETATM records. So it is probably
> not uncommon for old software to not populate this field. I have encountered
> missing elements myself from time to time.
>
> cheers
> -Edvin

Hmm - thinking out loud, maybe the warning could be silenced when the PDB
parser is used in permissive mode? Does that sound possible João?

Peter