More explicit error messages during FASTA parsing #77
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Previously, parsing errors in FASTA files were ignored and subsequent sequences quietly dropped. By checking the return value of the parsing routine, the program can now warn the user if illegal characters are encountered and refuses to continue.
Example alignment:
Before the patch
The error occurs because we only have four sequences, if we had more all sequences after the error would be dropped quietly.
With the patch