[Bioperl-l] Bio::SeqIO::genbank Keywords Question

[Jonathan B Joseph]

Why is the semicolon being removed from the keywords line for Genbank? The 
code that does this is at:
  -Bioperl version 1.02:  Bio::SeqIO::genbank: line 222
  -Bioperl version 1.2:  Bio::SeqIO::genbank: line 279

According to the NCBI-GenBank Flat File Release 133.0, Distribution Release 
Notes, dated December 15 2002, in section '3.4.8 KEYWORDS Format',  the 
following is stated:

   Keywords are separated by semicolons;

Thanks for your help,
Jonathan