[Biopython-dev] Nexus parser

[Frank Kauff]

On Tue, 2005-02-15 at 21:37 +0000, Michael Hoffman wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Feb 2005, Iddo Friedberg wrote:
> 
> > Good News: Frank Kauff & Cymon Cox has contributed a Nexus parser to 
> > Biopython, for our next release. It's a mighty useful and nifty package if 
> > you are into trees (the phylogenetic ones, not the ones in the forest).
> 
> Yay!
> 
> > All current Linux distros use a <=2.3 version, and 2.3 does not have
> > Sets.
> 
> Actually, it does:
> 
> $ python2.3
> Python 2.3.4 (#1, Feb  2 2005, 12:11:53) 
> [GCC 3.4.2 20041017 (Red Hat 3.4.2-6.fc3)] on linux2
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
> >>> import sets
> >>> sets.Set("biopython")
> Set(['b', 'i', 'h', 'o', 'n', 'p', 't', 'y'])
> 
> It just doesn't have the built-in sets of Python 2.4:
> 

Out of the top of my head - I think built-in set syntax is the only
python2.4 feature I use in Nexus.py (but I'd have to check). If we would
opt for 2.3 relase, a simple search replace of set with sets.Set and an
import sets should do the trick, right?

Frank

> $ python2.4
> Python 2.4 (#1, Nov 30 2004, 11:25:14) 
> [GCC 3.4.2 20041017 (Red Hat 3.4.2-6.fc3)] on linux2
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
> >>> set("biopython")
> set(['b', 'i', 'h', 'o', 'n', 'p', 't', 'y'])
> 
> That said, my vote is to include the module, even in its requiring-2.4
> version.


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