Bioperl: Bio::Tools::Blast->new on sequence file w/no hits,

[Tim Kunau (CBC)]

> 
> I will change the bioperl Blast object so that it does not throw an
> exception if there are no hits when using a -signif criterion. This
> will go into effect for the 0.051 release. If anyone has objections,
> speak up now.
> 

In sequence files with no hit results at all, regardless of any value
for -signif, the files include the line:


    ***** No hits found ******


It would be useful to have a blast object without any hits as there
are other attributes of that object (and the related file) that 
are significant. Could this also be incorporated into the behavior? 
Specifically:


    $blastObj->matrix


Please let me know if there is any other information I can provide.

Thanks,

Tim
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Timothy M. Kunau  kunau@ahc.umn.edu  Computational Biology Ctrs.
Genomic Database Administrator, Computing and Bioinformatics, AHC
612-626-6937  http://www.cbc.umn.edu/~kunau  http://www.cbc.umn.edu
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