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Extend vcf.h API to distinguish between the two indel types #1454
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The tricky part here is how to do this without breaking the expectations of programs that think These values are currently set by One way around the problem might be to make a new interface that replaces the old ones and takes a parameter that indicates which of the various types the caller expects to see. As a bonus, it could also return I think for the best compatibility, While this would require some small code changes for users it would alert them of the need to update, and reduce the chance of indels suddenly going missing. If, as suggested above, |
This request is motivated by samtools/bcftools#1704 and the idea is to extend htslib VCF interface as follows
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