open gzipped files with the TextIOWrapper

merenlab · Nov 3, 2018 · 3c1d131 · 3c1d131
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commit 3c1d131
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diff --git a/IlluminaUtils/lib/fastalib.py b/IlluminaUtils/lib/fastalib.py
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ def __init__(self, fasta_file_path, lazy_init=True, unique=False, allow_mixed_ca
         self.unique_next_hash = 0
 
         if self.compressed:
-            self.file_pointer = gzip.open(self.fasta_file_path)
+            self.file_pointer = io.TextIOWrapper(gzip.open(self.fasta_file_path, 'rb'))
         else:
             self.file_pointer = io.open(self.fasta_file_path, 'rU', newline='')