[BioRuby] EMBL parsing

[Anthony Underwood]

Dear all,

I am having a problem when parsing EMBL genome files.

embl = open(filename)
entry = embl.gets(Bio::EMBL::DELIMITER)
seq_obj = Bio::EMBL.new(entry)
puts seq_obj.sequence_length


This takes a long time (minutes) and reports a sequence_length of 0

When taking an equivalent genbank file and changing the code  
appropriately it parses the file in seconds and reports the correct  
length. I am new to bioruby having used bioperl until now. Please can  
anybody let me know if they have had similar problems and any  
possible solutions.

Many thanks

Anthony