[Biopython-dev] Seq object join method

Sebastian Bassi sbassi at clubdelarazon.org
Sat Nov 21 14:31:44 UTC 2009


On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 1:11 PM, Peter <biopython at maubp.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> Now consider Seq("").join([unamb_dna_seq, ambig_dna_seq]),
> should it follow the addition behaviour (giving a default alphabet)
> or "do the sensible thing" and preserve the IUPAC alphabet?
....
> So, what do people think?

>From my perspective, I like consistency, so I think that if you want
to preserve the IUPAC alphabet, you should state the alphabet also in
the separator sequence.



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