[Biopython-dev] [Bug 2418] SyntaxError should be ValueError

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http://bugzilla.open-bio.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2418





------- Comment #2 from mdehoon at ims.u-tokyo.ac.jp  2007-12-10 07:13 EST -------
> Should we introduce a Biopython "FormatSyntaxError" exception (as a subclass of
> ValueError defined in Bio/__init__.py), or just switch these to ValueError
> exceptions instead?

I would stick to ValueError. The error message should be clear enough for the
user to understand what the problem is.


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