[Bioperl-l] Empty FASTA files with Bio::SeqIO

[Aaron J Mackey]

On Fri, 29 Dec 2000, Hilmar Lapp wrote:

> The fasta programs might indeed do, but many others are much
> pickier. I think it was Kris who did the survey some time ago, and
> the empty line following the id-line seems to be reasonably safe.

I'm just saying that the fasta "standard" is not so picky, so perhaps you
should consider not being as picky as the peck of pickier programs.  The
only rule is that a '>' at the beginning of a line marks the beginning of
a new sequence, no matter what follows or proceeds it.

-Aaron

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