#!/usr/bin/env python
 
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"""Null sequence IO. Acts like /dev/null. Read returns empty sequences or sequence lists, writes do nothing."""


from corebio.seq import Seq, SeqList

names = ()
extensions = ()

def read(fin, alphabet=None):       
    assert fin is not None    # Do something with arguments to quite pychecker
    if alphabet is not None : pass
    return SeqList([])

def iterseq(fin, alphabet=None) :
    assert fin is not None
    if alphabet is not None : pass
    yield Seq('')
    return

def write(fout, seqs): 
    assert fout is not None
    assert seqs is not None
    return

    
def writeseq(fout, seq):
    assert fout is not None
    assert seq is not None
    return