Changelog#

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

Unreleased#

v0.4.0 - 2026-02-23#

Added#

  • __copy__, __deepcopy__ and __reduce__ implementation for most objects (#66).

  • Record.source property to get the source of a GenBank record.

Changed#

  • Update project dependencies to latest available versions.

Fixed#

  • Type annotations for length parameter in Record.__init__ (#65).

  • Type annotations for some optional method parameters not having a default None value.

  • Project medata in pyproject.toml.

v0.3.8 - 2025-10-25#

Changed#

  • Bump pyo3 dependency to v0.27.1.

  • Use pyo3::Bound as argument wherever the GIL is held in Python methods.

  • Streamline implementation of __repr__ methods.

Fixed#

  • Use of deprecated #[pyfn] attributes in module initializer.

v0.3.7 - 2025-10-11#

Changed#

  • Bump pyo3 dependency to v0.24 for Python 3.14 compatibility (#64, by @refack).

  • Build wheels in Limited API for the Python 3.7 ABI.

v0.3.6 - 2025-05-05#

Changed#

  • Bump gb-io dependency to v0.9.0.

v0.3.5 - 2025-03-18#

Changed#

  • Bump gb-io dependency to v0.8.0.

v0.3.4 - 2025-01-22#

Added#

  • Support for Python 3.13.

Changed#

  • Bump pyo3 dependency to v0.23 and remove deprecated interface.

  • Bump pyo3-built dependency to v0.6.0.

  • Use maturin instead of setuptools-rust to build crate.

  • Use PyData Sphinx theme to render the documentation.

Fixed#

  • Change working directory to access test data in tests.test_doctest.

v0.3.3 - 2024-04-14#

Changed#

  • Bump pyo3 dependency to v0.21.

v0.3.2 - 2024-04-01#

Fixed#

  • gb_io.dump not extracting qualifiers from Python-created records (#42).

  • Qualifier.__repr__ and various __repr__ of Location subclasses not using repr-formatting.

v0.3.1 - 2024-03-28#

Fixed#

  • Complement.strand not extracting the right attribute from the inner Location.

v0.3.0 - 2024-03-25#

Added#

  • Python constructors to all types.

  • Properties with getter and setters for all remaining Record fields.

  • Documentation with API reference at https://gb-io.readthedocs.io.

Changed#

  • Bump pyo3 dependency to v0.20.

  • Add wheels for Python 3.11 and 3.12.

  • Reorganize code to facilitate object creation.

  • Implement copy-on-access for Record and Feature attributes.

  • strand property to some common Location types.

  • Make Record.sequence a bytearray to allow changing the sequence content.

v0.2.1 - 2022-12-16#

Added#

  • source and organism properties to Record objects.

  • Support for Python 3.11.

Changed#

  • Bumped pyo3 dependency to v0.17.3.

Removed#

  • Support for Python 3.6.

v0.2.0 - 2022-08-16#

Added#

  • gb_io.dump method to write one or more Record objects to a file.

Fixed#

  • Compilation issues with modern setuptools-rust versions.

  • Avoid using readinto method of file-like objects when compiling for PyPy because of compatibility issues with passing memoryview arguments.

v0.1.2 - 2022-05-12#

Added#

  • Extraction of Join, Order, Bond and OneOf feature locations.

  • start and end properties for Complement and Between.

v0.1.1 - 2022-04-01#

Added#

  • Extraction of Range, Complement and Between locations for a feature.

Fixed#

  • Exception chaining for file-like objects.

  • Management of OS errors raised on the Rust side.

v0.1.0 - 2022-03-10#

Initial release.