[gmx-developers] Case sensetive Moleculetypes

[Alexey Shvetsov]

David van der Spoel писал 25-11-2015 14:58:
> On 25/11/15 12:36, Alexey Shvetsov wrote:
>> Hi!
>> 
>> Is it intentional to have case insensetive moleculetypes?
>> 
>> Use case where case sensetive types needed is for example system 
>> created
>> from pdb file that has more then 23+ chains. PDB format allows to use
>> both uppercase and lowercase letters for chain names. So if you for
>> example has protein chain 'a' and protein chain 'A' then grompp will
>> fail with error about redefinition of molecule type. Patch uploaded to
>> gerrit.
>> 
>> [0] https://gerrit.gromacs.org/5384
>> 
> It is intentional but whether it is a good idea is another matter. It
> would be irritating to have grompp fail because of writing sol instead
> of SOL. One could first check for strcmp and if one doesn't find sol
> try SOL and give a warning.

Ok. lets try the way you suggested.

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Best Regards,
Alexey 'Alexxy' Shvetsov, PhD
Department of Molecular and Radiation Biophysics
FSBI Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, NRC Kurchatov Institute,
Leningrad region, Gatchina, Russia
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