Filtering contigs is important (e.g. to exclude sex chromosomes). But, the only way to filter them right now is via __init__'s contig_lengths dict arg. Most vcfs have contig lengths in the header, so needing to specifying the lengths again is awkward.
Filtering contigs is important (e.g. to exclude sex chromosomes). But, the only way to filter them right now is via
__init__'scontig_lengthsdict arg. Most vcfs have contig lengths in the header, so needing to specifying the lengths again is awkward.