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+/*  sam.c -- SAM and BAM file I/O and manipulation.
+
+    Copyright (C) 2008-2010, 2012-2014 Genome Research Ltd.
+    Copyright (C) 2010, 2012, 2013 Broad Institute.
+
+    Author: Heng Li <lh3@sanger.ac.uk>
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
+THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
+DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.  */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <zlib.h>
+#include "htslib/sam.h"
+#include "htslib/bgzf.h"
+#include "cram/cram.h"
+#include "htslib/hfile.h"
+
+#include "htslib/khash.h"
+KHASH_DECLARE(s2i, kh_cstr_t, int64_t)
+
+typedef khash_t(s2i) sdict_t;
+
+/**********************
+ *** BAM header I/O ***
+ **********************/
+
+bam_hdr_t *bam_hdr_init()
+{
+    return (bam_hdr_t*)calloc(1, sizeof(bam_hdr_t));
+}
+
+void bam_hdr_destroy(bam_hdr_t *h)
+{
+    int32_t i;
+    if (h == NULL) return;
+    if (h->target_name) {
+        for (i = 0; i < h->n_targets; ++i)
+            free(h->target_name[i]);
+        free(h->target_name);
+        free(h->target_len);
+    }
+    free(h->text); free(h->cigar_tab);
+    if (h->sdict) kh_destroy(s2i, (sdict_t*)h->sdict);
+    free(h);
+}
+
+bam_hdr_t *bam_hdr_dup(const bam_hdr_t *h0)
+{
+    if (h0 == NULL) return NULL;
+    bam_hdr_t *h;
+    if ((h = bam_hdr_init()) == NULL) return NULL;
+    // copy the simple data
+    h->n_targets = h0->n_targets;
+    h->ignore_sam_err = h0->ignore_sam_err;
+    h->l_text = h0->l_text;
+    // Then the pointery stuff
+    h->cigar_tab = NULL;
+    h->sdict = NULL;
+    h->text = (char*)calloc(h->l_text + 1, 1);
+    memcpy(h->text, h0->text, h->l_text);
+    h->target_len = (uint32_t*)calloc(h->n_targets, sizeof(uint32_t));
+    h->target_name = (char**)calloc(h->n_targets, sizeof(char*));
+    int i;
+    for (i = 0; i < h->n_targets; ++i) {
+        h->target_len[i] = h0->target_len[i];
+        h->target_name[i] = strdup(h0->target_name[i]);
+    }
+    return h;
+}
+
+
+static bam_hdr_t *hdr_from_dict(sdict_t *d)
+{
+    bam_hdr_t *h;
+    khint_t k;
+    h = bam_hdr_init();
+    h->sdict = d;
+    h->n_targets = kh_size(d);
+    h->target_len = (uint32_t*)malloc(sizeof(uint32_t) * h->n_targets);
+    h->target_name = (char**)malloc(sizeof(char*) * h->n_targets);
+    for (k = kh_begin(d); k != kh_end(d); ++k) {
+        if (!kh_exist(d, k)) continue;
+        h->target_name[kh_val(d, k)>>32] = (char*)kh_key(d, k);
+        h->target_len[kh_val(d, k)>>32]  = kh_val(d, k)<<32>>32;
+        kh_val(d, k) >>= 32;
+    }
+    return h;
+}
+
+bam_hdr_t *bam_hdr_read(BGZF *fp)
+{
+    bam_hdr_t *h;
+    char buf[4];
+    int magic_len, has_EOF;
+    int32_t i = 1, name_len;
+    // check EOF
+    has_EOF = bgzf_check_EOF(fp);
+    if (has_EOF < 0) {
+        perror("[W::sam_hdr_read] bgzf_check_EOF");
+    } else if (has_EOF == 0 && hts_verbose >= 2)
+        fprintf(stderr, "[W::%s] EOF marker is absent. The input is probably truncated.\n", __func__);
+    // read "BAM1"
+    magic_len = bgzf_read(fp, buf, 4);
+    if (magic_len != 4 || strncmp(buf, "BAM\1", 4)) {
+        if (hts_verbose >= 1) fprintf(stderr, "[E::%s] invalid BAM binary header\n", __func__);
+        return 0;
+    }
+    h = bam_hdr_init();
+    // read plain text and the number of reference sequences
+    bgzf_read(fp, &h->l_text, 4);
+    if (fp->is_be) ed_swap_4p(&h->l_text);
+    h->text = (char*)malloc(h->l_text + 1);
+    h->text[h->l_text] = 0; // make sure it is NULL terminated
+    bgzf_read(fp, h->text, h->l_text);
+    bgzf_read(fp, &h->n_targets, 4);
+    if (fp->is_be) ed_swap_4p(&h->n_targets);
+    // read reference sequence names and lengths
+    h->target_name = (char**)calloc(h->n_targets, sizeof(char*));
+    h->target_len = (uint32_t*)calloc(h->n_targets, sizeof(uint32_t));
+    for (i = 0; i != h->n_targets; ++i) {
+        bgzf_read(fp, &name_len, 4);
+        if (fp->is_be) ed_swap_4p(&name_len);
+        h->target_name[i] = (char*)calloc(name_len, 1);
+        bgzf_read(fp, h->target_name[i], name_len);
+        bgzf_read(fp, &h->target_len[i], 4);
+        if (fp->is_be) ed_swap_4p(&h->target_len[i]);
+    }
+    return h;
+}
+
+int bam_hdr_write(BGZF *fp, const bam_hdr_t *h)
+{
+    char buf[4];
+    int32_t i, name_len, x;
+    // write "BAM1"
+    strncpy(buf, "BAM\1", 4);
+    bgzf_write(fp, buf, 4);
+    // write plain text and the number of reference sequences
+    if (fp->is_be) {
+        x = ed_swap_4(h->l_text);
+        bgzf_write(fp, &x, 4);
+        if (h->l_text) bgzf_write(fp, h->text, h->l_text);
+        x = ed_swap_4(h->n_targets);
+        bgzf_write(fp, &x, 4);
+    } else {
+        bgzf_write(fp, &h->l_text, 4);
+        if (h->l_text) bgzf_write(fp, h->text, h->l_text);
+        bgzf_write(fp, &h->n_targets, 4);
+    }
+    // write sequence names and lengths
+    for (i = 0; i != h->n_targets; ++i) {
+        char *p = h->target_name[i];
+        name_len = strlen(p) + 1;
+        if (fp->is_be) {
+            x = ed_swap_4(name_len);
+            bgzf_write(fp, &x, 4);
+        } else bgzf_write(fp, &name_len, 4);
+        bgzf_write(fp, p, name_len);
+        if (fp->is_be) {
+            x = ed_swap_4(h->target_len[i]);
+            bgzf_write(fp, &x, 4);
+        } else bgzf_write(fp, &h->target_len[i], 4);
+    }
+    bgzf_flush(fp);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+int bam_name2id(bam_hdr_t *h, const char *ref)
+{
+    sdict_t *d = (sdict_t*)h->sdict;
+    khint_t k;
+    if (h->sdict == 0) {
+        int i, absent;
+        d = kh_init(s2i);
+        for (i = 0; i < h->n_targets; ++i) {
+            k = kh_put(s2i, d, h->target_name[i], &absent);
+            kh_val(d, k) = i;
+        }
+        h->sdict = d;
+    }
+    k = kh_get(s2i, d, ref);
+    return k == kh_end(d)? -1 : kh_val(d, k);
+}
+
+/*************************
+ *** BAM alignment I/O ***
+ *************************/
+
+bam1_t *bam_init1()
+{
+    return (bam1_t*)calloc(1, sizeof(bam1_t));
+}
+
+void bam_destroy1(bam1_t *b)
+{
+    if (b == 0) return;
+    free(b->data); free(b);
+}
+
+bam1_t *bam_copy1(bam1_t *bdst, const bam1_t *bsrc)
+{
+    uint8_t *data = bdst->data;
+    int m_data = bdst->m_data;   // backup data and m_data
+    if (m_data < bsrc->l_data) { // double the capacity
+        m_data = bsrc->l_data; kroundup32(m_data);
+        data = (uint8_t*)realloc(data, m_data);
+    }
+    memcpy(data, bsrc->data, bsrc->l_data); // copy var-len data
+    *bdst = *bsrc; // copy the rest
+    // restore the backup
+    bdst->m_data = m_data;
+    bdst->data = data;
+    return bdst;
+}
+
+bam1_t *bam_dup1(const bam1_t *bsrc)
+{
+    if (bsrc == NULL) return NULL;
+    bam1_t *bdst = bam_init1();
+    if (bdst == NULL) return NULL;
+    return bam_copy1(bdst, bsrc);
+}
+
+int bam_cigar2qlen(int n_cigar, const uint32_t *cigar)
+{
+    int k, l;
+    for (k = l = 0; k < n_cigar; ++k)
+        if (bam_cigar_type(bam_cigar_op(cigar[k]))&1)
+            l += bam_cigar_oplen(cigar[k]);
+    return l;
+}
+
+int bam_cigar2rlen(int n_cigar, const uint32_t *cigar)
+{
+    int k, l;
+    for (k = l = 0; k < n_cigar; ++k)
+        if (bam_cigar_type(bam_cigar_op(cigar[k]))&2)
+            l += bam_cigar_oplen(cigar[k]);
+    return l;
+}
+
+int32_t bam_endpos(const bam1_t *b)
+{
+    if (!(b->core.flag & BAM_FUNMAP) && b->core.n_cigar > 0)
+        return b->core.pos + bam_cigar2rlen(b->core.n_cigar, bam_get_cigar(b));
+    else
+        return b->core.pos + 1;
+}
+
+static inline int aux_type2size(uint8_t type)
+{
+    switch (type) {
+    case 'A': case 'c': case 'C':
+        return 1;
+    case 's': case 'S':
+        return 2;
+    case 'i': case 'I': case 'f':
+        return 4;
+    case 'd':
+        return 8;
+    case 'Z': case 'H': case 'B':
+        return type;
+    default:
+        return 0;
+    }
+}
+
+static void swap_data(const bam1_core_t *c, int l_data, uint8_t *data, int is_host)
+{
+    uint8_t *s;
+    uint32_t *cigar = (uint32_t*)(data + c->l_qname);
+    uint32_t i, n;
+    s = data + c->n_cigar*4 + c->l_qname + c->l_qseq + (c->l_qseq + 1)/2;
+    for (i = 0; i < c->n_cigar; ++i) ed_swap_4p(&cigar[i]);
+    while (s < data + l_data) {
+        int size;
+        s += 2; // skip key
+        size = aux_type2size(*s); ++s; // skip type
+        switch (size) {
+        case 1: ++s; break;
+        case 2: ed_swap_2p(s); s += 2; break;
+        case 4: ed_swap_4p(s); s += 4; break;
+        case 8: ed_swap_8p(s); s += 8; break;
+        case 'Z':
+        case 'H':
+            while (*s) ++s;
+            ++s;
+            break;
+        case 'B':
+            size = aux_type2size(*s); ++s;
+            if (is_host) memcpy(&n, s, 4), ed_swap_4p(s);
+            else ed_swap_4p(s), memcpy(&n, s, 4);
+            s += 4;
+            switch (size) {
+            case 1: s += n; break;
+            case 2: for (i = 0; i < n; ++i, s += 2) ed_swap_2p(s); break;
+            case 4: for (i = 0; i < n; ++i, s += 4) ed_swap_4p(s); break;
+            case 8: for (i = 0; i < n; ++i, s += 8) ed_swap_8p(s); break;
+            }
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+int bam_read1(BGZF *fp, bam1_t *b)
+{
+    bam1_core_t *c = &b->core;
+    int32_t block_len, ret, i;
+    uint32_t x[8];
+    if ((ret = bgzf_read(fp, &block_len, 4)) != 4) {
+        if (ret == 0) return -1; // normal end-of-file
+        else return -2; // truncated
+    }
+    if (bgzf_read(fp, x, 32) != 32) return -3;
+    if (fp->is_be) {
+        ed_swap_4p(&block_len);
+        for (i = 0; i < 8; ++i) ed_swap_4p(x + i);
+    }
+    c->tid = x[0]; c->pos = x[1];
+    c->bin = x[2]>>16; c->qual = x[2]>>8&0xff; c->l_qname = x[2]&0xff;
+    c->flag = x[3]>>16; c->n_cigar = x[3]&0xffff;
+    c->l_qseq = x[4];
+    c->mtid = x[5]; c->mpos = x[6]; c->isize = x[7];
+    b->l_data = block_len - 32;
+    if (b->l_data < 0 || c->l_qseq < 0) return -4;
+    if ((char *)bam_get_aux(b) - (char *)b->data > b->l_data)
+        return -4;
+    if (b->m_data < b->l_data) {
+        b->m_data = b->l_data;
+        kroundup32(b->m_data);
+        b->data = (uint8_t*)realloc(b->data, b->m_data);
+        if (!b->data)
+            return -4;
+    }
+    if (bgzf_read(fp, b->data, b->l_data) != b->l_data) return -4;
+    //b->l_aux = b->l_data - c->n_cigar * 4 - c->l_qname - c->l_qseq - (c->l_qseq+1)/2;
+    if (fp->is_be) swap_data(c, b->l_data, b->data, 0);
+    return 4 + block_len;
+}
+
+int bam_write1(BGZF *fp, const bam1_t *b)
+{
+    const bam1_core_t *c = &b->core;
+    uint32_t x[8], block_len = b->l_data + 32, y;
+    int i, ok;
+    x[0] = c->tid;
+    x[1] = c->pos;
+    x[2] = (uint32_t)c->bin<<16 | c->qual<<8 | c->l_qname;
+    x[3] = (uint32_t)c->flag<<16 | c->n_cigar;
+    x[4] = c->l_qseq;
+    x[5] = c->mtid;
+    x[6] = c->mpos;
+    x[7] = c->isize;
+    ok = (bgzf_flush_try(fp, 4 + block_len) >= 0);
+    if (fp->is_be) {
+        for (i = 0; i < 8; ++i) ed_swap_4p(x + i);
+        y = block_len;
+        if (ok) ok = (bgzf_write(fp, ed_swap_4p(&y), 4) >= 0);
+        swap_data(c, b->l_data, b->data, 1);
+    } else {
+        if (ok) ok = (bgzf_write(fp, &block_len, 4) >= 0);
+    }
+    if (ok) ok = (bgzf_write(fp, x, 32) >= 0);
+    if (ok) ok = (bgzf_write(fp, b->data, b->l_data) >= 0);
+    if (fp->is_be) swap_data(c, b->l_data, b->data, 0);
+    return ok? 4 + block_len : -1;
+}
+
+/********************
+ *** BAM indexing ***
+ ********************/
+
+static hts_idx_t *bam_index(BGZF *fp, int min_shift)
+{
+    int n_lvls, i, fmt;
+    bam1_t *b;
+    hts_idx_t *idx;
+    bam_hdr_t *h;
+    h = bam_hdr_read(fp);
+    if (min_shift > 0) {
+        int64_t max_len = 0, s;
+        for (i = 0; i < h->n_targets; ++i)
+            if (max_len < h->target_len[i]) max_len = h->target_len[i];
+        max_len += 256;
+        for (n_lvls = 0, s = 1<<min_shift; max_len > s; ++n_lvls, s <<= 3);
+        fmt = HTS_FMT_CSI;
+    } else min_shift = 14, n_lvls = 5, fmt = HTS_FMT_BAI;
+    idx = hts_idx_init(h->n_targets, fmt, bgzf_tell(fp), min_shift, n_lvls);
+    bam_hdr_destroy(h);
+    b = bam_init1();
+    while (bam_read1(fp, b) >= 0) {
+        int l, ret;
+        l = bam_cigar2rlen(b->core.n_cigar, bam_get_cigar(b));
+        if (l == 0) l = 1; // no zero-length records
+        ret = hts_idx_push(idx, b->core.tid, b->core.pos, b->core.pos + l, bgzf_tell(fp), !(b->core.flag&BAM_FUNMAP));
+        if (ret < 0)
+        {
+            // unsorted
+            bam_destroy1(b);
+            hts_idx_destroy(idx);
+            return NULL;
+        }
+    }
+    hts_idx_finish(idx, bgzf_tell(fp));
+    bam_destroy1(b);
+    return idx;
+}
+
+int bam_index_build(const char *fn, int min_shift)
+{
+    hts_idx_t *idx;
+    htsFile *fp;
+    int ret = 0;
+
+    if ((fp = hts_open(fn, "r")) == 0) return -1;
+    switch (fp->format.format) {
+    case cram:
+        ret = cram_index_build(fp->fp.cram, fn);
+        break;
+
+    case bam:
+        idx = bam_index(fp->fp.bgzf, min_shift);
+        if (idx) {
+            hts_idx_save(idx, fn, (min_shift > 0)? HTS_FMT_CSI : HTS_FMT_BAI);
+            hts_idx_destroy(idx);
+        }
+        else ret = -1;
+        break;
+
+    default:
+        ret = -1;
+        break;
+    }
+    hts_close(fp);
+
+    return ret;
+}
+
+static int bam_readrec(BGZF *fp, void *ignored, void *bv, int *tid, int *beg, int *end)
+{
+    bam1_t *b = bv;
+    int ret;
+    if ((ret = bam_read1(fp, b)) >= 0) {
+        *tid = b->core.tid; *beg = b->core.pos;
+        *end = b->core.pos + (b->core.n_cigar? bam_cigar2rlen(b->core.n_cigar, bam_get_cigar(b)) : 1);
+    }
+    return ret;
+}
+
+// This is used only with read_rest=1 iterators, so need not set tid/beg/end.
+static int cram_readrec(BGZF *ignored, void *fpv, void *bv, int *tid, int *beg, int *end)
+{
+    htsFile *fp = fpv;
+    bam1_t *b = bv;
+    return cram_get_bam_seq(fp->fp.cram, &b);
+}
+
+// This is used only with read_rest=1 iterators, so need not set tid/beg/end.
+static int sam_bam_cram_readrec(BGZF *bgzfp, void *fpv, void *bv, int *tid, int *beg, int *end)
+{
+    htsFile *fp = fpv;
+    bam1_t *b = bv;
+    switch (fp->format.format) {
+    case bam:   return bam_read1(bgzfp, b);
+    case cram:  return cram_get_bam_seq(fp->fp.cram, &b);
+    default:
+        // TODO Need headers available to implement this for SAM files
+        fprintf(stderr, "[sam_bam_cram_readrec] Not implemented for SAM files -- Exiting\n");
+        abort();
+    }
+}
+
+// The CRAM implementation stores the loaded index within the cram_fd rather
+// than separately as is done elsewhere in htslib.  So if p is a pointer to
+// an hts_idx_t with p->fmt == HTS_FMT_CRAI, then it actually points to an
+// hts_cram_idx_t and should be cast accordingly.
+typedef struct hts_cram_idx_t {
+    int fmt;
+    cram_fd *cram;
+} hts_cram_idx_t;
+
+hts_idx_t *sam_index_load(samFile *fp, const char *fn)
+{
+    switch (fp->format.format) {
+    case bam:
+        return bam_index_load(fn);
+
+    case cram: {
+        if (cram_index_load(fp->fp.cram, fn) < 0) return NULL;
+        // Cons up a fake "index" just pointing at the associated cram_fd:
+        hts_cram_idx_t *idx = malloc(sizeof (hts_cram_idx_t));
+        if (idx == NULL) return NULL;
+        idx->fmt = HTS_FMT_CRAI;
+        idx->cram = fp->fp.cram;
+        return (hts_idx_t *) idx;
+        }
+
+    default:
+        return NULL; // TODO Would use tbx_index_load if it returned hts_idx_t
+    }
+}
+
+static hts_itr_t *cram_itr_query(const hts_idx_t *idx, int tid, int beg, int end, hts_readrec_func *readrec)
+{
+    const hts_cram_idx_t *cidx = (const hts_cram_idx_t *) idx;
+    hts_itr_t *iter = (hts_itr_t *) calloc(1, sizeof(hts_itr_t));
+    if (iter == NULL) return NULL;
+
+    // Cons up a dummy iterator for which hts_itr_next() will simply invoke
+    // the readrec function:
+    iter->read_rest = 1;
+    iter->off = NULL;
+    iter->bins.a = NULL;
+    iter->readrec = readrec;
+
+    if (tid >= 0) {
+        cram_range r = { tid, beg+1, end };
+        if (cram_set_option(cidx->cram, CRAM_OPT_RANGE, &r) != 0) { free(iter); return NULL; }
+        iter->curr_off = 0;
+        // The following fields are not required by hts_itr_next(), but are
+        // filled in in case user code wants to look at them.
+        iter->tid = tid;
+        iter->beg = beg;
+        iter->end = end;
+    }
+    else switch (tid) {
+    case HTS_IDX_REST:
+        iter->curr_off = 0;
+        break;
+    case HTS_IDX_NONE:
+        iter->curr_off = 0;
+        iter->finished = 1;
+        break;
+    default:
+        fprintf(stderr, "[cram_itr_query] tid=%d not implemented for CRAM files -- Exiting\n", tid);
+        abort();
+        break;
+    }
+
+    return iter;
+}
+
+hts_itr_t *sam_itr_queryi(const hts_idx_t *idx, int tid, int beg, int end)
+{
+    const hts_cram_idx_t *cidx = (const hts_cram_idx_t *) idx;
+    if (idx == NULL)
+        return hts_itr_query(NULL, tid, beg, end, sam_bam_cram_readrec);
+    else if (cidx->fmt == HTS_FMT_CRAI)
+        return cram_itr_query(idx, tid, beg, end, cram_readrec);
+    else
+        return hts_itr_query(idx, tid, beg, end, bam_readrec);
+}
+
+static int cram_name2id(void *fdv, const char *ref)
+{
+    cram_fd *fd = (cram_fd *) fdv;
+    return sam_hdr_name2ref(fd->header, ref);
+}
+
+hts_itr_t *sam_itr_querys(const hts_idx_t *idx, bam_hdr_t *hdr, const char *region)
+{
+    const hts_cram_idx_t *cidx = (const hts_cram_idx_t *) idx;
+    if (cidx->fmt == HTS_FMT_CRAI)
+        return hts_itr_querys(idx, region, cram_name2id, cidx->cram, cram_itr_query, cram_readrec);
+    else
+        return hts_itr_querys(idx, region, (hts_name2id_f)(bam_name2id), hdr, hts_itr_query, bam_readrec);
+}
+
+/**********************
+ *** SAM header I/O ***
+ **********************/
+
+#include "htslib/kseq.h"
+#include "htslib/kstring.h"
+
+bam_hdr_t *sam_hdr_parse(int l_text, const char *text)
+{
+    const char *q, *r, *p;
+    khash_t(s2i) *d;
+    d = kh_init(s2i);
+    for (p = text; *p; ++p) {
+        if (strncmp(p, "@SQ", 3) == 0) {
+            char *sn = 0;
+            int ln = -1;
+            for (q = p + 4;; ++q) {
+                if (strncmp(q, "SN:", 3) == 0) {
+                    q += 3;
+                    for (r = q; *r != '\t' && *r != '\n'; ++r);
+                    sn = (char*)calloc(r - q + 1, 1);
+                    strncpy(sn, q, r - q);
+                    q = r;
+                } else if (strncmp(q, "LN:", 3) == 0)
+                    ln = strtol(q + 3, (char**)&q, 10);
+                while (*q != '\t' && *q != '\n') ++q;
+                if (*q == '\n') break;
+            }
+            p = q;
+            if (sn && ln >= 0) {
+                khint_t k;
+                int absent;
+                k = kh_put(s2i, d, sn, &absent);
+                if (!absent) {
+                    if (hts_verbose >= 2)
+                        fprintf(stderr, "[W::%s] duplicated sequence '%s'\n", __func__, sn);
+                    free(sn);
+                } else kh_val(d, k) = (int64_t)(kh_size(d) - 1)<<32 | ln;
+            }
+        }
+        while (*p != '\n') ++p;
+    }
+    return hdr_from_dict(d);
+}
+
+bam_hdr_t *sam_hdr_read(htsFile *fp)
+{
+    switch (fp->format.format) {
+    case bam:
+        return bam_hdr_read(fp->fp.bgzf);
+
+    case cram:
+        return cram_header_to_bam(fp->fp.cram->header);
+
+    case sam: {
+        kstring_t str;
+        bam_hdr_t *h;
+        int has_SQ = 0;
+        str.l = str.m = 0; str.s = 0;
+        while (hts_getline(fp, KS_SEP_LINE, &fp->line) >= 0) {
+            if (fp->line.s[0] != '@') break;
+            if (fp->line.l > 3 && strncmp(fp->line.s,"@SQ",3) == 0) has_SQ = 1;
+            kputsn(fp->line.s, fp->line.l, &str);
+            kputc('\n', &str);
+        }
+        if (! has_SQ && fp->fn_aux) {
+            char line[2048];
+            FILE *f = fopen(fp->fn_aux, "r");
+            if (f == NULL) return NULL;
+            while (fgets(line, sizeof line, f)) {
+                const char *name = strtok(line, "\t");
+                const char *length = strtok(NULL, "\t");
+                ksprintf(&str, "@SQ\tSN:%s\tLN:%s\n", name, length);
+            }
+            fclose(f);
+        }
+        if (str.l == 0) kputsn("", 0, &str);
+        h = sam_hdr_parse(str.l, str.s);
+        h->l_text = str.l; h->text = str.s;
+        return h;
+        }
+
+    default:
+        abort();
+    }
+}
+
+int sam_hdr_write(htsFile *fp, const bam_hdr_t *h)
+{
+    switch (fp->format.format) {
+    case binary_format:
+        fp->format.category = sequence_data;
+        fp->format.format = bam;
+        /* fall-through */
+    case bam:
+        bam_hdr_write(fp->fp.bgzf, h);
+        break;
+
+    case cram: {
+        cram_fd *fd = fp->fp.cram;
+        if (cram_set_header(fd, bam_header_to_cram((bam_hdr_t *)h)) < 0) return -1;
+        if (fp->fn_aux)
+            cram_load_reference(fd, fp->fn_aux);
+        if (cram_write_SAM_hdr(fd, fd->header) < 0) return -1;
+        }
+        break;
+
+    case text_format:
+        fp->format.category = sequence_data;
+        fp->format.format = sam;
+        /* fall-through */
+    case sam: {
+        char *p;
+        hputs(h->text, fp->fp.hfile);
+        p = strstr(h->text, "@SQ\t"); // FIXME: we need a loop to make sure "@SQ\t" does not match something unwanted!!!
+        if (p == 0) {
+            int i;
+            for (i = 0; i < h->n_targets; ++i) {
+                fp->line.l = 0;
+                kputsn("@SQ\tSN:", 7, &fp->line); kputs(h->target_name[i], &fp->line);
+                kputsn("\tLN:", 4, &fp->line); kputw(h->target_len[i], &fp->line); kputc('\n', &fp->line);
+                if ( hwrite(fp->fp.hfile, fp->line.s, fp->line.l) != fp->line.l ) return -1;
+            }
+        }
+        if ( hflush(fp->fp.hfile) != 0 ) return -1;
+        }
+        break;
+
+    default:
+        abort();
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+/**********************
+ *** SAM record I/O ***
+ **********************/
+
+int sam_parse1(kstring_t *s, bam_hdr_t *h, bam1_t *b)
+{
+#define _read_token(_p) (_p); for (; *(_p) && *(_p) != '\t'; ++(_p)); if (*(_p) != '\t') goto err_ret; *(_p)++ = 0
+#define _read_token_aux(_p) (_p); for (; *(_p) && *(_p) != '\t'; ++(_p)); *(_p)++ = 0 // this is different in that it does not test *(_p)=='\t'
+#define _get_mem(type_t, _x, _s, _l) ks_resize((_s), (_s)->l + (_l)); *(_x) = (type_t*)((_s)->s + (_s)->l); (_s)->l += (_l)
+#define _parse_err(cond, msg) do { if ((cond) && hts_verbose >= 1) { fprintf(stderr, "[E::%s] " msg "\n", __func__); goto err_ret; } } while (0)
+#define _parse_warn(cond, msg) if ((cond) && hts_verbose >= 2) fprintf(stderr, "[W::%s] " msg "\n", __func__)
+
+    uint8_t *t;
+    char *p = s->s, *q;
+    int i;
+    kstring_t str;
+    bam1_core_t *c = &b->core;
+
+    str.l = b->l_data = 0;
+    str.s = (char*)b->data; str.m = b->m_data;
+    memset(c, 0, 32);
+    if (h->cigar_tab == 0) {
+        h->cigar_tab = (int8_t*) malloc(128);
+        for (i = 0; i < 128; ++i)
+            h->cigar_tab[i] = -1;
+        for (i = 0; BAM_CIGAR_STR[i]; ++i)
+            h->cigar_tab[(int)BAM_CIGAR_STR[i]] = i;
+    }
+    // qname
+    q = _read_token(p);
+    kputsn_(q, p - q, &str);
+    c->l_qname = p - q;
+    // flag
+    c->flag = strtol(p, &p, 0);
+    if (*p++ != '\t') goto err_ret; // malformated flag
+    // chr
+    q = _read_token(p);
+    if (strcmp(q, "*")) {
+        _parse_err(h->n_targets == 0, "missing SAM header");
+        c->tid = bam_name2id(h, q);
+        _parse_warn(c->tid < 0, "urecognized reference name; treated as unmapped");
+    } else c->tid = -1;
+    // pos
+    c->pos = strtol(p, &p, 10) - 1;
+    if (*p++ != '\t') goto err_ret;
+    if (c->pos < 0 && c->tid >= 0) {
+        _parse_warn(1, "mapped query cannot have zero coordinate; treated as unmapped");
+        c->tid = -1;
+    }
+    if (c->tid < 0) c->flag |= BAM_FUNMAP;
+    // mapq
+    c->qual = strtol(p, &p, 10);
+    if (*p++ != '\t') goto err_ret;
+    // cigar
+    if (*p != '*') {
+        uint32_t *cigar;
+        size_t n_cigar = 0;
+        for (q = p; *p && *p != '\t'; ++p)
+            if (!isdigit(*p)) ++n_cigar;
+        if (*p++ != '\t') goto err_ret;
+        _parse_err(n_cigar >= 65536, "too many CIGAR operations");
+        c->n_cigar = n_cigar;
+        _get_mem(uint32_t, &cigar, &str, c->n_cigar<<2);
+        for (i = 0; i < c->n_cigar; ++i, ++q) {
+            int op;
+            cigar[i] = strtol(q, &q, 10)<<BAM_CIGAR_SHIFT;
+            op = (uint8_t)*q >= 128? -1 : h->cigar_tab[(int)*q];
+            _parse_err(op < 0, "unrecognized CIGAR operator");
+            cigar[i] |= op;
+        }
+        i = bam_cigar2rlen(c->n_cigar, cigar);
+    } else {
+        _parse_warn(!(c->flag&BAM_FUNMAP), "mapped query must have a CIGAR; treated as unmapped");
+        c->flag |= BAM_FUNMAP;
+        q = _read_token(p);
+        i = 1;
+    }
+    c->bin = hts_reg2bin(c->pos, c->pos + i, 14, 5);
+    // mate chr
+    q = _read_token(p);
+    if (strcmp(q, "=") == 0) c->mtid = c->tid;
+    else if (strcmp(q, "*") == 0) c->mtid = -1;
+    else c->mtid = bam_name2id(h, q);
+    // mpos
+    c->mpos = strtol(p, &p, 10) - 1;
+    if (*p++ != '\t') goto err_ret;
+    if (c->mpos < 0 && c->mtid >= 0) {
+        _parse_warn(1, "mapped mate cannot have zero coordinate; treated as unmapped");
+        c->mtid = -1;
+    }
+    // tlen
+    c->isize = strtol(p, &p, 10);
+    if (*p++ != '\t') goto err_ret;
+    // seq
+    q = _read_token(p);
+    if (strcmp(q, "*")) {
+        c->l_qseq = p - q - 1;
+        i = bam_cigar2qlen(c->n_cigar, (uint32_t*)(str.s + c->l_qname));
+        _parse_err(c->n_cigar && i != c->l_qseq, "CIGAR and query sequence are of different length");
+        i = (c->l_qseq + 1) >> 1;
+        _get_mem(uint8_t, &t, &str, i);
+        memset(t, 0, i);
+        for (i = 0; i < c->l_qseq; ++i)
+            t[i>>1] |= seq_nt16_table[(int)q[i]] << ((~i&1)<<2);
+    } else c->l_qseq = 0;
+    // qual
+    q = _read_token_aux(p);
+    _get_mem(uint8_t, &t, &str, c->l_qseq);
+    if (strcmp(q, "*")) {
+        _parse_err(p - q - 1 != c->l_qseq, "SEQ and QUAL are of different length");
+        for (i = 0; i < c->l_qseq; ++i) t[i] = q[i] - 33;
+    } else memset(t, 0xff, c->l_qseq);
+    // aux
+    // Note that (like the bam1_core_t fields) this aux data in b->data is
+    // stored in host endianness; so there is no byte swapping needed here.
+    while (p < s->s + s->l) {
+        uint8_t type;
+        q = _read_token_aux(p); // FIXME: can be accelerated for long 'B' arrays
+        _parse_err(p - q - 1 < 6, "incomplete aux field");
+        kputsn_(q, 2, &str);
+        q += 3; type = *q++; ++q; // q points to value
+        if (type == 'A' || type == 'a' || type == 'c' || type == 'C') {
+            kputc_('A', &str);
+            kputc_(*q, &str);
+        } else if (type == 'i' || type == 'I') {
+            if (*q == '-') {
+                long x = strtol(q, &q, 10);
+                if (x >= INT8_MIN) {
+                    kputc_('c', &str); kputc_(x, &str);
+                } else if (x >= INT16_MIN) {
+                    int16_t y = x;
+                    kputc_('s', &str); kputsn_((char*)&y, 2, &str);
+                } else {
+                    int32_t y = x;
+                    kputc_('i', &str); kputsn_(&y, 4, &str);
+                }
+            } else {
+                unsigned long x = strtoul(q, &q, 10);
+                if (x <= UINT8_MAX) {
+                    kputc_('C', &str); kputc_(x, &str);
+                } else if (x <= UINT16_MAX) {
+                    uint16_t y = x;
+                    kputc_('S', &str); kputsn_(&y, 2, &str);
+                } else {
+                    uint32_t y = x;
+                    kputc_('I', &str); kputsn_(&y, 4, &str);
+                }
+            }
+        } else if (type == 'f') {
+            float x;
+            x = strtod(q, &q);
+            kputc_('f', &str); kputsn_(&x, 4, &str);
+        } else if (type == 'd') {
+            double x;
+            x = strtod(q, &q);
+            kputc_('d', &str); kputsn_(&x, 8, &str);
+        } else if (type == 'Z' || type == 'H') {
+            kputc_(type, &str);kputsn_(q, p - q, &str); // note that this include the trailing NULL
+        } else if (type == 'B') {
+            int32_t n;
+            char *r;
+            _parse_err(p - q - 1 < 3, "incomplete B-typed aux field");
+            type = *q++; // q points to the first ',' following the typing byte
+            for (r = q, n = 0; *r; ++r)
+                if (*r == ',') ++n;
+            kputc_('B', &str); kputc_(type, &str); kputsn_(&n, 4, &str);
+            // FIXME: to evaluate which is faster: a) aligned array and then memmove(); b) unaligned array; c) kputsn_()
+            if (type == 'c')      while (q + 1 < p) { int8_t   x = strtol(q + 1, &q, 0); kputc_(x, &str); }
+            else if (type == 'C') while (q + 1 < p) { uint8_t  x = strtoul(q + 1, &q, 0); kputc_(x, &str); }
+            else if (type == 's') while (q + 1 < p) { int16_t  x = strtol(q + 1, &q, 0); kputsn_(&x, 2, &str); }
+            else if (type == 'S') while (q + 1 < p) { uint16_t x = strtoul(q + 1, &q, 0); kputsn_(&x, 2, &str); }
+            else if (type == 'i') while (q + 1 < p) { int32_t  x = strtol(q + 1, &q, 0); kputsn_(&x, 4, &str); }
+            else if (type == 'I') while (q + 1 < p) { uint32_t x = strtoul(q + 1, &q, 0); kputsn_(&x, 4, &str); }
+            else if (type == 'f') while (q + 1 < p) { float    x = strtod(q + 1, &q);    kputsn_(&x, 4, &str); }
+            else _parse_err(1, "unrecognized type");
+        } else _parse_err(1, "unrecognized type");
+    }
+    b->data = (uint8_t*)str.s; b->l_data = str.l; b->m_data = str.m;
+    return 0;
+
+#undef _parse_warn
+#undef _parse_err
+#undef _get_mem
+#undef _read_token_aux
+#undef _read_token
+err_ret:
+    b->data = (uint8_t*)str.s; b->l_data = str.l; b->m_data = str.m;
+    return -2;
+}
+
+int sam_read1(htsFile *fp, bam_hdr_t *h, bam1_t *b)
+{
+    switch (fp->format.format) {
+    case bam: {
+        int r = bam_read1(fp->fp.bgzf, b);
+        if (r >= 0) {
+            if (b->core.tid  >= h->n_targets || b->core.tid  < -1 ||
+                b->core.mtid >= h->n_targets || b->core.mtid < -1)
+                return -3;
+        }
+        return r;
+        }
+
+    case cram:
+        return cram_get_bam_seq(fp->fp.cram, &b);
+
+    case sam: {
+        int ret;
+err_recover:
+        if (fp->line.l == 0) {
+            ret = hts_getline(fp, KS_SEP_LINE, &fp->line);
+            if (ret < 0) return -1;
+        }
+        ret = sam_parse1(&fp->line, h, b);
+        fp->line.l = 0;
+        if (ret < 0) {
+            if (hts_verbose >= 1)
+                fprintf(stderr, "[W::%s] parse error at line %lld\n", __func__, (long long)fp->lineno);
+            if (h->ignore_sam_err) goto err_recover;
+        }
+        return ret;
+        }
+
+    default:
+        abort();
+    }
+}
+
+int sam_format1(const bam_hdr_t *h, const bam1_t *b, kstring_t *str)
+{
+    int i;
+    uint8_t *s;
+    const bam1_core_t *c = &b->core;
+
+    str->l = 0;
+    kputsn(bam_get_qname(b), c->l_qname-1, str); kputc('\t', str); // query name
+    kputw(c->flag, str); kputc('\t', str); // flag
+    if (c->tid >= 0) { // chr
+        kputs(h->target_name[c->tid] , str);
+        kputc('\t', str);
+    } else kputsn("*\t", 2, str);
+    kputw(c->pos + 1, str); kputc('\t', str); // pos
+    kputw(c->qual, str); kputc('\t', str); // qual
+    if (c->n_cigar) { // cigar
+        uint32_t *cigar = bam_get_cigar(b);
+        for (i = 0; i < c->n_cigar; ++i) {
+            kputw(bam_cigar_oplen(cigar[i]), str);
+            kputc(bam_cigar_opchr(cigar[i]), str);
+        }
+    } else kputc('*', str);
+    kputc('\t', str);
+    if (c->mtid < 0) kputsn("*\t", 2, str); // mate chr
+    else if (c->mtid == c->tid) kputsn("=\t", 2, str);
+    else {
+        kputs(h->target_name[c->mtid], str);
+        kputc('\t', str);
+    }
+    kputw(c->mpos + 1, str); kputc('\t', str); // mate pos
+    kputw(c->isize, str); kputc('\t', str); // template len
+    if (c->l_qseq) { // seq and qual
+        uint8_t *s = bam_get_seq(b);
+        for (i = 0; i < c->l_qseq; ++i) kputc("=ACMGRSVTWYHKDBN"[bam_seqi(s, i)], str);
+        kputc('\t', str);
+        s = bam_get_qual(b);
+        if (s[0] == 0xff) kputc('*', str);
+        else for (i = 0; i < c->l_qseq; ++i) kputc(s[i] + 33, str);
+    } else kputsn("*\t*", 3, str);
+    s = bam_get_aux(b); // aux
+    while (s+4 <= b->data + b->l_data) {
+        uint8_t type, key[2];
+        key[0] = s[0]; key[1] = s[1];
+        s += 2; type = *s++;
+        kputc('\t', str); kputsn((char*)key, 2, str); kputc(':', str);
+        if (type == 'A') {
+            kputsn("A:", 2, str);
+            kputc(*s, str);
+            ++s;
+        } else if (type == 'C') {
+            kputsn("i:", 2, str);
+            kputw(*s, str);
+            ++s;
+        } else if (type == 'c') {
+            kputsn("i:", 2, str);
+            kputw(*(int8_t*)s, str);
+            ++s;
+        } else if (type == 'S') {
+            if (s+2 <= b->data + b->l_data) {
+                kputsn("i:", 2, str);
+                kputw(*(uint16_t*)s, str);
+                s += 2;
+            } else return -1;
+        } else if (type == 's') {
+            if (s+2 <= b->data + b->l_data) {
+                kputsn("i:", 2, str);
+                kputw(*(int16_t*)s, str);
+                s += 2;
+            } else return -1;
+        } else if (type == 'I') {
+            if (s+4 <= b->data + b->l_data) {
+                kputsn("i:", 2, str);
+                kputuw(*(uint32_t*)s, str);
+                s += 4;
+            } else return -1;
+        } else if (type == 'i') {
+            if (s+4 <= b->data + b->l_data) {
+                kputsn("i:", 2, str);
+                kputw(*(int32_t*)s, str);
+                s += 4;
+            } else return -1;
+        } else if (type == 'f') {
+            if (s+4 <= b->data + b->l_data) {
+                ksprintf(str, "f:%g", *(float*)s);
+                s += 4;
+            } else return -1;
+
+        } else if (type == 'd') {
+            if (s+8 <= b->data + b->l_data) {
+                ksprintf(str, "d:%g", *(double*)s);
+                s += 8;
+            } else return -1;
+        } else if (type == 'Z' || type == 'H') {
+            kputc(type, str); kputc(':', str);
+            while (s < b->data + b->l_data && *s) kputc(*s++, str);
+            if (s >= b->data + b->l_data)
+                return -1;
+            ++s;
+        } else if (type == 'B') {
+            uint8_t sub_type = *(s++);
+            int32_t n;
+            memcpy(&n, s, 4);
+            s += 4; // no point to the start of the array
+            if (s + n >= b->data + b->l_data)
+                return -1;
+            kputsn("B:", 2, str); kputc(sub_type, str); // write the typing
+            for (i = 0; i < n; ++i) { // FIXME: for better performance, put the loop after "if"
+                kputc(',', str);
+                if ('c' == sub_type)      { kputw(*(int8_t*)s, str); ++s; }
+                else if ('C' == sub_type) { kputw(*(uint8_t*)s, str); ++s; }
+                else if ('s' == sub_type) { kputw(*(int16_t*)s, str); s += 2; }
+                else if ('S' == sub_type) { kputw(*(uint16_t*)s, str); s += 2; }
+                else if ('i' == sub_type) { kputw(*(int32_t*)s, str); s += 4; }
+                else if ('I' == sub_type) { kputuw(*(uint32_t*)s, str); s += 4; }
+                else if ('f' == sub_type) { ksprintf(str, "%g", *(float*)s); s += 4; }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return str->l;
+}
+
+int sam_write1(htsFile *fp, const bam_hdr_t *h, const bam1_t *b)
+{
+    switch (fp->format.format) {
+    case binary_format:
+        fp->format.category = sequence_data;
+        fp->format.format = bam;
+        /* fall-through */
+    case bam:
+        return bam_write1(fp->fp.bgzf, b);
+
+    case cram:
+        return cram_put_bam_seq(fp->fp.cram, (bam1_t *)b);
+
+    case text_format:
+        fp->format.category = sequence_data;
+        fp->format.format = sam;
+        /* fall-through */
+    case sam:
+        if (sam_format1(h, b, &fp->line) < 0) return -1;
+        kputc('\n', &fp->line);
+        if ( hwrite(fp->fp.hfile, fp->line.s, fp->line.l) != fp->line.l ) return -1;
+        return fp->line.l;
+
+    default:
+        abort();
+    }
+}
+
+/************************
+ *** Auxiliary fields ***
+ ************************/
+
+void bam_aux_append(bam1_t *b, const char tag[2], char type, int len, uint8_t *data)
+{
+    int ori_len = b->l_data;
+    b->l_data += 3 + len;
+    if (b->m_data < b->l_data) {
+        b->m_data = b->l_data;
+        kroundup32(b->m_data);
+        b->data = (uint8_t*)realloc(b->data, b->m_data);
+    }
+    b->data[ori_len] = tag[0]; b->data[ori_len + 1] = tag[1];
+    b->data[ori_len + 2] = type;
+    memcpy(b->data + ori_len + 3, data, len);
+}
+
+static inline uint8_t *skip_aux(uint8_t *s)
+{
+    int size = aux_type2size(*s); ++s; // skip type
+    uint32_t n;
+    switch (size) {
+    case 'Z':
+    case 'H':
+        while (*s) ++s;
+        return s + 1;
+    case 'B':
+        size = aux_type2size(*s); ++s;
+        memcpy(&n, s, 4); s += 4;
+        return s + size * n;
+    case 0:
+        abort();
+        break;
+    default:
+        return s + size;
+    }
+}
+
+uint8_t *bam_aux_get(const bam1_t *b, const char tag[2])
+{
+    uint8_t *s;
+    int y = tag[0]<<8 | tag[1];
+    s = bam_get_aux(b);
+    while (s < b->data + b->l_data) {
+        int x = (int)s[0]<<8 | s[1];
+        s += 2;
+        if (x == y) return s;
+        s = skip_aux(s);
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+// s MUST BE returned by bam_aux_get()
+int bam_aux_del(bam1_t *b, uint8_t *s)
+{
+    uint8_t *p, *aux;
+    int l_aux = bam_get_l_aux(b);
+    aux = bam_get_aux(b);
+    p = s - 2;
+    s = skip_aux(s);
+    memmove(p, s, l_aux - (s - aux));
+    b->l_data -= s - p;
+    return 0;
+}
+
+int32_t bam_aux2i(const uint8_t *s)
+{
+    int type;
+    type = *s++;
+    if (type == 'c') return (int32_t)*(int8_t*)s;
+    else if (type == 'C') return (int32_t)*(uint8_t*)s;
+    else if (type == 's') return (int32_t)*(int16_t*)s;
+    else if (type == 'S') return (int32_t)*(uint16_t*)s;
+    else if (type == 'i' || type == 'I') return *(int32_t*)s;
+    else return 0;
+}
+
+double bam_aux2f(const uint8_t *s)
+{
+    int type;
+    type = *s++;
+    if (type == 'd') return *(double*)s;
+    else if (type == 'f') return *(float*)s;
+    else return 0.0;
+}
+
+char bam_aux2A(const uint8_t *s)
+{
+    int type;
+    type = *s++;
+    if (type == 'A') return *(char*)s;
+    else return 0;
+}
+
+char *bam_aux2Z(const uint8_t *s)
+{
+    int type;
+    type = *s++;
+    if (type == 'Z' || type == 'H') return (char*)s;
+    else return 0;
+}
+
+int sam_open_mode(char *mode, const char *fn, const char *format)
+{
+    // TODO Parse "bam5" etc for compression level
+    if (format == NULL) {
+        // Try to pick a format based on the filename extension
+        const char *ext = fn? strrchr(fn, '.') : NULL;
+        if (ext == NULL || strchr(ext, '/')) return -1;
+        return sam_open_mode(mode, fn, ext+1);
+    }
+    else if (strcmp(format, "bam") == 0) strcpy(mode, "b");
+    else if (strcmp(format, "cram") == 0) strcpy(mode, "c");
+    else if (strcmp(format, "sam") == 0) strcpy(mode, "");
+    else return -1;
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+#define STRNCMP(a,b,n) (strncasecmp((a),(b),(n)) || strlen(a)!=(n))
+int bam_str2flag(const char *str)
+{
+    char *end, *beg = (char*) str;
+    long int flag = strtol(str, &end, 0);
+    if ( end!=str ) return flag;    // the conversion was successful
+    flag = 0;
+    while ( *str )
+    {
+        end = beg;
+        while ( *end && *end!=',' ) end++;
+        if ( !STRNCMP("PAIRED",beg,end-beg) ) flag |= BAM_FPAIRED;
+        else if ( !STRNCMP("PROPER_PAIR",beg,end-beg) ) flag |= BAM_FPROPER_PAIR;
+        else if ( !STRNCMP("UNMAP",beg,end-beg) ) flag |= BAM_FUNMAP;
+        else if ( !STRNCMP("MUNMAP",beg,end-beg) ) flag |= BAM_FMUNMAP;
+        else if ( !STRNCMP("REVERSE",beg,end-beg) ) flag |= BAM_FREVERSE;
+        else if ( !STRNCMP("MREVERSE",beg,end-beg) ) flag |= BAM_FMREVERSE;
+        else if ( !STRNCMP("READ1",beg,end-beg) ) flag |= BAM_FREAD1;
+        else if ( !STRNCMP("READ2",beg,end-beg) ) flag |= BAM_FREAD2;
+        else if ( !STRNCMP("SECONDARY",beg,end-beg) ) flag |= BAM_FSECONDARY;
+        else if ( !STRNCMP("QCFAIL",beg,end-beg) ) flag |= BAM_FQCFAIL;
+        else if ( !STRNCMP("DUP",beg,end-beg) ) flag |= BAM_FDUP;
+        else if ( !STRNCMP("SUPPLEMENTARY",beg,end-beg) ) flag |= BAM_FSUPPLEMENTARY;
+        else return -1;
+        if ( !*end ) break;
+        beg = end + 1;
+    }
+    return flag;
+}
+
+char *bam_flag2str(int flag)
+{
+    kstring_t str = {0,0,0};
+    if ( flag&BAM_FPAIRED ) ksprintf(&str,"%s%s", str.l?",":"","PAIRED");
+    if ( flag&BAM_FPROPER_PAIR ) ksprintf(&str,"%s%s", str.l?",":"","PROPER_PAIR");
+    if ( flag&BAM_FUNMAP ) ksprintf(&str,"%s%s", str.l?",":"","UNMAP");
+    if ( flag&BAM_FMUNMAP ) ksprintf(&str,"%s%s", str.l?",":"","MUNMAP");
+    if ( flag&BAM_FREVERSE ) ksprintf(&str,"%s%s", str.l?",":"","REVERSE");
+    if ( flag&BAM_FMREVERSE ) ksprintf(&str,"%s%s", str.l?",":"","MREVERSE");
+    if ( flag&BAM_FREAD1 ) ksprintf(&str,"%s%s", str.l?",":"","READ1");
+    if ( flag&BAM_FREAD2 ) ksprintf(&str,"%s%s", str.l?",":"","READ2");
+    if ( flag&BAM_FSECONDARY ) ksprintf(&str,"%s%s", str.l?",":"","SECONDARY");
+    if ( flag&BAM_FQCFAIL ) ksprintf(&str,"%s%s", str.l?",":"","QCFAIL");
+    if ( flag&BAM_FDUP ) ksprintf(&str,"%s%s", str.l?",":"","DUP");
+    if ( flag&BAM_FSUPPLEMENTARY ) ksprintf(&str,"%s%s", str.l?",":"","SUPPLEMENTARY");
+    if ( str.l == 0 ) kputsn("", 0, &str);
+    return str.s;
+}
+
+
+/**************************
+ *** Pileup and Mpileup ***
+ **************************/
+
+#if !defined(BAM_NO_PILEUP)
+
+#include <assert.h>
+
+/*******************
+ *** Memory pool ***
+ *******************/
+
+typedef struct {
+    int k, x, y, end;
+} cstate_t;
+
+static cstate_t g_cstate_null = { -1, 0, 0, 0 };
+
+typedef struct __linkbuf_t {
+    bam1_t b;
+    int32_t beg, end;
+    cstate_t s;
+    struct __linkbuf_t *next;
+} lbnode_t;
+
+typedef struct {
+    int cnt, n, max;
+    lbnode_t **buf;
+} mempool_t;
+
+static mempool_t *mp_init(void)
+{
+    mempool_t *mp;
+    mp = (mempool_t*)calloc(1, sizeof(mempool_t));
+    return mp;
+}
+static void mp_destroy(mempool_t *mp)
+{
+    int k;
+    for (k = 0; k < mp->n; ++k) {
+        free(mp->buf[k]->b.data);
+        free(mp->buf[k]);
+    }
+    free(mp->buf);
+    free(mp);
+}
+static inline lbnode_t *mp_alloc(mempool_t *mp)
+{
+    ++mp->cnt;
+    if (mp->n == 0) return (lbnode_t*)calloc(1, sizeof(lbnode_t));
+    else return mp->buf[--mp->n];
+}
+static inline void mp_free(mempool_t *mp, lbnode_t *p)
+{
+    --mp->cnt; p->next = 0; // clear lbnode_t::next here
+    if (mp->n == mp->max) {
+        mp->max = mp->max? mp->max<<1 : 256;
+        mp->buf = (lbnode_t**)realloc(mp->buf, sizeof(lbnode_t*) * mp->max);
+    }
+    mp->buf[mp->n++] = p;
+}
+
+/**********************
+ *** CIGAR resolver ***
+ **********************/
+
+/* s->k: the index of the CIGAR operator that has just been processed.
+   s->x: the reference coordinate of the start of s->k
+   s->y: the query coordiante of the start of s->k
+ */
+static inline int resolve_cigar2(bam_pileup1_t *p, int32_t pos, cstate_t *s)
+{
+#define _cop(c) ((c)&BAM_CIGAR_MASK)
+#define _cln(c) ((c)>>BAM_CIGAR_SHIFT)
+
+    bam1_t *b = p->b;
+    bam1_core_t *c = &b->core;
+    uint32_t *cigar = bam_get_cigar(b);
+    int k;
+    // determine the current CIGAR operation
+//  fprintf(stderr, "%s\tpos=%d\tend=%d\t(%d,%d,%d)\n", bam_get_qname(b), pos, s->end, s->k, s->x, s->y);
+    if (s->k == -1) { // never processed
+        if (c->n_cigar == 1) { // just one operation, save a loop
+          if (_cop(cigar[0]) == BAM_CMATCH || _cop(cigar[0]) == BAM_CEQUAL || _cop(cigar[0]) == BAM_CDIFF) s->k = 0, s->x = c->pos, s->y = 0;
+        } else { // find the first match or deletion
+            for (k = 0, s->x = c->pos, s->y = 0; k < c->n_cigar; ++k) {
+                int op = _cop(cigar[k]);
+                int l = _cln(cigar[k]);
+                if (op == BAM_CMATCH || op == BAM_CDEL || op == BAM_CEQUAL || op == BAM_CDIFF) break;
+                else if (op == BAM_CREF_SKIP) s->x += l;
+                else if (op == BAM_CINS || op == BAM_CSOFT_CLIP) s->y += l;
+            }
+            assert(k < c->n_cigar);
+            s->k = k;
+        }
+    } else { // the read has been processed before
+        int op, l = _cln(cigar[s->k]);
+        if (pos - s->x >= l) { // jump to the next operation
+            assert(s->k < c->n_cigar); // otherwise a bug: this function should not be called in this case
+            op = _cop(cigar[s->k+1]);
+            if (op == BAM_CMATCH || op == BAM_CDEL || op == BAM_CREF_SKIP || op == BAM_CEQUAL || op == BAM_CDIFF) { // jump to the next without a loop
+              if (_cop(cigar[s->k]) == BAM_CMATCH|| _cop(cigar[s->k]) == BAM_CEQUAL || _cop(cigar[s->k]) == BAM_CDIFF) s->y += l;
+                s->x += l;
+                ++s->k;
+            } else { // find the next M/D/N/=/X
+              if (_cop(cigar[s->k]) == BAM_CMATCH|| _cop(cigar[s->k]) == BAM_CEQUAL || _cop(cigar[s->k]) == BAM_CDIFF) s->y += l;
+                s->x += l;
+                for (k = s->k + 1; k < c->n_cigar; ++k) {
+                    op = _cop(cigar[k]), l = _cln(cigar[k]);
+                    if (op == BAM_CMATCH || op == BAM_CDEL || op == BAM_CREF_SKIP || op == BAM_CEQUAL || op == BAM_CDIFF) break;
+                    else if (op == BAM_CINS || op == BAM_CSOFT_CLIP) s->y += l;
+                }
+                s->k = k;
+            }
+            assert(s->k < c->n_cigar); // otherwise a bug
+        } // else, do nothing
+    }
+    { // collect pileup information
+        int op, l;
+        op = _cop(cigar[s->k]); l = _cln(cigar[s->k]);
+        p->is_del = p->indel = p->is_refskip = 0;
+        if (s->x + l - 1 == pos && s->k + 1 < c->n_cigar) { // peek the next operation
+            int op2 = _cop(cigar[s->k+1]);
+            int l2 = _cln(cigar[s->k+1]);
+            if (op2 == BAM_CDEL) p->indel = -(int)l2;
+            else if (op2 == BAM_CINS) p->indel = l2;
+            else if (op2 == BAM_CPAD && s->k + 2 < c->n_cigar) { // no working for adjacent padding
+                int l3 = 0;
+                for (k = s->k + 2; k < c->n_cigar; ++k) {
+                    op2 = _cop(cigar[k]); l2 = _cln(cigar[k]);
+                    if (op2 == BAM_CINS) l3 += l2;
+                    else if (op2 == BAM_CDEL || op2 == BAM_CMATCH || op2 == BAM_CREF_SKIP || op2 == BAM_CEQUAL || op2 == BAM_CDIFF) break;
+                }
+                if (l3 > 0) p->indel = l3;
+            }
+        }
+        if (op == BAM_CMATCH || op == BAM_CEQUAL || op == BAM_CDIFF) {
+            p->qpos = s->y + (pos - s->x);
+        } else if (op == BAM_CDEL || op == BAM_CREF_SKIP) {
+            p->is_del = 1; p->qpos = s->y; // FIXME: distinguish D and N!!!!!
+            p->is_refskip = (op == BAM_CREF_SKIP);
+        } // cannot be other operations; otherwise a bug
+        p->is_head = (pos == c->pos); p->is_tail = (pos == s->end);
+    }
+    return 1;
+}
+
+/***********************
+ *** Pileup iterator ***
+ ***********************/
+
+// Dictionary of overlapping reads
+KHASH_MAP_INIT_STR(olap_hash, lbnode_t *)
+typedef khash_t(olap_hash) olap_hash_t;
+
+struct __bam_plp_t {
+    mempool_t *mp;
+    lbnode_t *head, *tail, *dummy;
+    int32_t tid, pos, max_tid, max_pos;
+    int is_eof, max_plp, error, maxcnt;
+    uint64_t id;
+    bam_pileup1_t *plp;
+    // for the "auto" interface only
+    bam1_t *b;
+    bam_plp_auto_f func;
+    void *data;
+    olap_hash_t *overlaps;
+};
+
+bam_plp_t bam_plp_init(bam_plp_auto_f func, void *data)
+{
+    bam_plp_t iter;
+    iter = (bam_plp_t)calloc(1, sizeof(struct __bam_plp_t));
+    iter->mp = mp_init();
+    iter->head = iter->tail = mp_alloc(iter->mp);
+    iter->dummy = mp_alloc(iter->mp);
+    iter->max_tid = iter->max_pos = -1;
+    iter->maxcnt = 8000;
+    if (func) {
+        iter->func = func;
+        iter->data = data;
+        iter->b = bam_init1();
+    }
+    return iter;
+}
+
+void bam_plp_init_overlaps(bam_plp_t iter)
+{
+    iter->overlaps = kh_init(olap_hash);  // hash for tweaking quality of bases in overlapping reads
+}
+
+void bam_plp_destroy(bam_plp_t iter)
+{
+    if ( iter->overlaps ) kh_destroy(olap_hash, iter->overlaps);
+    mp_free(iter->mp, iter->dummy);
+    mp_free(iter->mp, iter->head);
+    if (iter->mp->cnt != 0)
+        fprintf(stderr, "[bam_plp_destroy] memory leak: %d. Continue anyway.\n", iter->mp->cnt);
+    mp_destroy(iter->mp);
+    if (iter->b) bam_destroy1(iter->b);
+    free(iter->plp);
+    free(iter);
+}
+
+
+//---------------------------------
+//---  Tweak overlapping reads
+//---------------------------------
+
+/**
+ *  cigar_iref2iseq_set()  - find the first CMATCH setting the ref and the read index
+ *  cigar_iref2iseq_next() - get the next CMATCH base
+ *  @cigar:       pointer to current cigar block (rw)
+ *  @cigar_max:   pointer just beyond the last cigar block
+ *  @icig:        position within the current cigar block (rw)
+ *  @iseq:        position in the sequence (rw)
+ *  @iref:        position with respect to the beginning of the read (iref_pos - b->core.pos) (rw)
+ *
+ *  Returns BAM_CMATCH or -1 when there is no more cigar to process or the requested position is not covered.
+ */
+static inline int cigar_iref2iseq_set(uint32_t **cigar, uint32_t *cigar_max, int *icig, int *iseq, int *iref)
+{
+    int pos = *iref;
+    if ( pos < 0 ) return -1;
+    *icig = 0;
+    *iseq = 0;
+    *iref = 0;
+    while ( *cigar<cigar_max )
+    {
+        int cig  = (**cigar) & BAM_CIGAR_MASK;
+        int ncig = (**cigar) >> BAM_CIGAR_SHIFT;
+
+        if ( cig==BAM_CSOFT_CLIP ) { (*cigar)++; *iseq += ncig; *icig = 0; continue; }
+        if ( cig==BAM_CHARD_CLIP || cig==BAM_CPAD ) { (*cigar)++; *icig = 0; continue; }
+        if ( cig==BAM_CMATCH || cig==BAM_CEQUAL || cig==BAM_CDIFF )
+        {
+            pos -= ncig;
+            if ( pos < 0 ) { *icig = ncig + pos; *iseq += *icig; *iref += *icig; return BAM_CMATCH; }
+            (*cigar)++; *iseq += ncig; *icig = 0; *iref += ncig;
+            continue;
+        }
+        if ( cig==BAM_CINS ) { (*cigar)++; *iseq += ncig; *icig = 0; continue; }
+        if ( cig==BAM_CDEL || cig==BAM_CREF_SKIP )
+        {
+            pos -= ncig;
+            if ( pos<0 ) pos = 0;
+            (*cigar)++; *icig = 0; *iref += ncig;
+            continue;
+        }
+        fprintf(stderr,"todo: cigar %d\n", cig);
+        assert(0);
+    }
+    *iseq = -1;
+    return -1;
+}
+static inline int cigar_iref2iseq_next(uint32_t **cigar, uint32_t *cigar_max, int *icig, int *iseq, int *iref)
+{
+    while ( *cigar < cigar_max )
+    {
+        int cig  = (**cigar) & BAM_CIGAR_MASK;
+        int ncig = (**cigar) >> BAM_CIGAR_SHIFT;
+
+        if ( cig==BAM_CMATCH || cig==BAM_CEQUAL || cig==BAM_CDIFF )
+        {
+            if ( *icig >= ncig - 1 ) { *icig = 0;  (*cigar)++; continue; }
+            (*iseq)++; (*icig)++; (*iref)++;
+            return BAM_CMATCH;
+        }
+        if ( cig==BAM_CDEL || cig==BAM_CREF_SKIP ) { (*cigar)++; (*iref) += ncig; *icig = 0; continue; }
+        if ( cig==BAM_CINS ) { (*cigar)++; *iseq += ncig; *icig = 0; continue; }
+        if ( cig==BAM_CSOFT_CLIP ) { (*cigar)++; *iseq += ncig; *icig = 0; continue; }
+        if ( cig==BAM_CHARD_CLIP || cig==BAM_CPAD ) { (*cigar)++; *icig = 0; continue; }
+        fprintf(stderr,"todo: cigar %d\n", cig);
+        assert(0);
+    }
+    *iseq = -1;
+    *iref = -1;
+    return -1;
+}
+
+static void tweak_overlap_quality(bam1_t *a, bam1_t *b)
+{
+    uint32_t *a_cigar = bam_get_cigar(a), *a_cigar_max = a_cigar + a->core.n_cigar;
+    uint32_t *b_cigar = bam_get_cigar(b), *b_cigar_max = b_cigar + b->core.n_cigar;
+    int a_icig = 0, a_iseq = 0;
+    int b_icig = 0, b_iseq = 0;
+    uint8_t *a_qual = bam_get_qual(a), *b_qual = bam_get_qual(b);
+    uint8_t *a_seq  = bam_get_seq(a), *b_seq = bam_get_seq(b);
+
+    int iref   = b->core.pos;
+    int a_iref = iref - a->core.pos;
+    int b_iref = iref - b->core.pos;
+    int a_ret = cigar_iref2iseq_set(&a_cigar, a_cigar_max, &a_icig, &a_iseq, &a_iref);
+    if ( a_ret<0 ) return;  // no overlap
+    int b_ret = cigar_iref2iseq_set(&b_cigar, b_cigar_max, &b_icig, &b_iseq, &b_iref);
+    if ( b_ret<0 ) return;  // no overlap
+
+    #if DBG
+        fprintf(stderr,"tweak %s  n_cigar=%d %d  .. %d-%d vs %d-%d\n", bam_get_qname(a), a->core.n_cigar, b->core.n_cigar,
+            a->core.pos+1,a->core.pos+bam_cigar2rlen(a->core.n_cigar,bam_get_cigar(a)), b->core.pos+1, b->core.pos+bam_cigar2rlen(b->core.n_cigar,bam_get_cigar(b)));
+    #endif
+
+    while ( 1 )
+    {
+        // Increment reference position
+        while ( a_iref>=0 && a_iref < iref - a->core.pos )
+            a_ret = cigar_iref2iseq_next(&a_cigar, a_cigar_max, &a_icig, &a_iseq, &a_iref);
+        if ( a_ret<0 ) break;   // done
+        if ( iref < a_iref + a->core.pos ) iref = a_iref + a->core.pos;
+
+        while ( b_iref>=0 && b_iref < iref - b->core.pos )
+            b_ret = cigar_iref2iseq_next(&b_cigar, b_cigar_max, &b_icig, &b_iseq, &b_iref);
+        if ( b_ret<0 ) break;   // done
+        if ( iref < b_iref + b->core.pos ) iref = b_iref + b->core.pos;
+
+        iref++;
+        if ( a_iref+a->core.pos != b_iref+b->core.pos ) continue;   // only CMATCH positions, don't know what to do with indels
+
+        if ( bam_seqi(a_seq,a_iseq) == bam_seqi(b_seq,b_iseq) )
+        {
+            #if DBG
+                fprintf(stderr,"%c",seq_nt16_str[bam_seqi(a_seq,a_iseq)]);
+            #endif
+            // we are very confident about this base
+            int qual = a_qual[a_iseq] + b_qual[b_iseq];
+            a_qual[a_iseq] = qual>200 ? 200 : qual;
+            b_qual[b_iseq] = 0;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            if ( a_qual[a_iseq] >= b_qual[b_iseq] )
+            {
+                #if DBG
+                    fprintf(stderr,"[%c/%c]",seq_nt16_str[bam_seqi(a_seq,a_iseq)],tolower(seq_nt16_str[bam_seqi(b_seq,b_iseq)]));
+                #endif
+                a_qual[a_iseq] = 0.8 * a_qual[a_iseq];  // not so confident about a_qual anymore given the mismatch
+                b_qual[b_iseq] = 0;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                #if DBG
+                    fprintf(stderr,"[%c/%c]",tolower(seq_nt16_str[bam_seqi(a_seq,a_iseq)]),seq_nt16_str[bam_seqi(b_seq,b_iseq)]);
+                #endif
+                b_qual[b_iseq] = 0.8 * b_qual[b_iseq];
+                a_qual[a_iseq] = 0;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    #if DBG
+        fprintf(stderr,"\n");
+    #endif
+}
+
+// Fix overlapping reads. Simple soft-clipping did not give good results.
+// Lowering qualities of unwanted bases is more selective and works better.
+//
+static void overlap_push(bam_plp_t iter, lbnode_t *node)
+{
+    if ( !iter->overlaps ) return;
+
+    // mapped mates and paired reads only
+    if ( node->b.core.flag&BAM_FMUNMAP || !(node->b.core.flag&BAM_FPROPER_PAIR) ) return;
+
+    // no overlap possible, unless some wild cigar
+    if ( abs(node->b.core.isize) >= 2*node->b.core.l_qseq ) return;
+
+    khiter_t kitr = kh_get(olap_hash, iter->overlaps, bam_get_qname(&node->b));
+    if ( kitr==kh_end(iter->overlaps) )
+    {
+        int ret;
+        kitr = kh_put(olap_hash, iter->overlaps, bam_get_qname(&node->b), &ret);
+        kh_value(iter->overlaps, kitr) = node;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        lbnode_t *a = kh_value(iter->overlaps, kitr);
+        tweak_overlap_quality(&a->b, &node->b);
+        kh_del(olap_hash, iter->overlaps, kitr);
+        assert(a->end-1 == a->s.end);
+        a->end = a->b.core.pos + bam_cigar2rlen(a->b.core.n_cigar, bam_get_cigar(&a->b));
+        a->s.end = a->end - 1;
+    }
+}
+
+static void overlap_remove(bam_plp_t iter, const bam1_t *b)
+{
+    if ( !iter->overlaps ) return;
+
+    khiter_t kitr;
+    if ( b )
+    {
+        kitr = kh_get(olap_hash, iter->overlaps, bam_get_qname(b));
+        if ( kitr!=kh_end(iter->overlaps) )
+            kh_del(olap_hash, iter->overlaps, kitr);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        // remove all
+        for (kitr = kh_begin(iter->overlaps); kitr<kh_end(iter->overlaps); kitr++)
+            if ( kh_exist(iter->overlaps, kitr) ) kh_del(olap_hash, iter->overlaps, kitr);
+    }
+}
+
+
+
+// Prepares next pileup position in bam records collected by bam_plp_auto -> user func -> bam_plp_push. Returns
+// pointer to the piled records if next position is ready or NULL if there is not enough records in the
+// buffer yet (the current position is still the maximum position across all buffered reads).
+const bam_pileup1_t *bam_plp_next(bam_plp_t iter, int *_tid, int *_pos, int *_n_plp)
+{
+    if (iter->error) { *_n_plp = -1; return 0; }
+    *_n_plp = 0;
+    if (iter->is_eof && iter->head->next == 0) return 0;
+    while (iter->is_eof || iter->max_tid > iter->tid || (iter->max_tid == iter->tid && iter->max_pos > iter->pos)) {
+        int n_plp = 0;
+        lbnode_t *p, *q;
+        // write iter->plp at iter->pos
+        iter->dummy->next = iter->head;
+        for (p = iter->head, q = iter->dummy; p->next; q = p, p = p->next) {
+            if (p->b.core.tid < iter->tid || (p->b.core.tid == iter->tid && p->end <= iter->pos)) { // then remove
+                overlap_remove(iter, &p->b);
+                q->next = p->next; mp_free(iter->mp, p); p = q;
+            } else if (p->b.core.tid == iter->tid && p->beg <= iter->pos) { // here: p->end > pos; then add to pileup
+                if (n_plp == iter->max_plp) { // then double the capacity
+                    iter->max_plp = iter->max_plp? iter->max_plp<<1 : 256;
+                    iter->plp = (bam_pileup1_t*)realloc(iter->plp, sizeof(bam_pileup1_t) * iter->max_plp);
+                }
+                iter->plp[n_plp].b = &p->b;
+                if (resolve_cigar2(iter->plp + n_plp, iter->pos, &p->s)) ++n_plp; // actually always true...
+            }
+        }
+        iter->head = iter->dummy->next; // dummy->next may be changed
+        *_n_plp = n_plp; *_tid = iter->tid; *_pos = iter->pos;
+        // update iter->tid and iter->pos
+        if (iter->head->next) {
+            if (iter->tid > iter->head->b.core.tid) {
+                fprintf(stderr, "[%s] unsorted input. Pileup aborts.\n", __func__);
+                iter->error = 1;
+                *_n_plp = -1;
+                return 0;
+            }
+        }
+        if (iter->tid < iter->head->b.core.tid) { // come to a new reference sequence
+            iter->tid = iter->head->b.core.tid; iter->pos = iter->head->beg; // jump to the next reference
+        } else if (iter->pos < iter->head->beg) { // here: tid == head->b.core.tid
+            iter->pos = iter->head->beg; // jump to the next position
+        } else ++iter->pos; // scan contiguously
+        // return
+        if (n_plp) return iter->plp;
+        if (iter->is_eof && iter->head->next == 0) break;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+int bam_plp_push(bam_plp_t iter, const bam1_t *b)
+{
+    if (iter->error) return -1;
+    if (b) {
+        if (b->core.tid < 0) { overlap_remove(iter, b); return 0; }
+        // Skip only unmapped reads here, any additional filtering must be done in iter->func
+        if (b->core.flag & BAM_FUNMAP) { overlap_remove(iter, b); return 0; }
+        if (iter->tid == b->core.tid && iter->pos == b->core.pos && iter->mp->cnt > iter->maxcnt)
+        {
+            overlap_remove(iter, b);
+            return 0;
+        }
+        bam_copy1(&iter->tail->b, b);
+        overlap_push(iter, iter->tail);
+#ifndef BAM_NO_ID
+        iter->tail->b.id = iter->id++;
+#endif
+        iter->tail->beg = b->core.pos;
+        iter->tail->end = b->core.pos + bam_cigar2rlen(b->core.n_cigar, bam_get_cigar(b));
+        iter->tail->s = g_cstate_null; iter->tail->s.end = iter->tail->end - 1; // initialize cstate_t
+        if (b->core.tid < iter->max_tid) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "[bam_pileup_core] the input is not sorted (chromosomes out of order)\n");
+            iter->error = 1;
+            return -1;
+        }
+        if ((b->core.tid == iter->max_tid) && (iter->tail->beg < iter->max_pos)) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "[bam_pileup_core] the input is not sorted (reads out of order)\n");
+            iter->error = 1;
+            return -1;
+        }
+        iter->max_tid = b->core.tid; iter->max_pos = iter->tail->beg;
+        if (iter->tail->end > iter->pos || iter->tail->b.core.tid > iter->tid) {
+            iter->tail->next = mp_alloc(iter->mp);
+            iter->tail = iter->tail->next;
+        }
+    } else iter->is_eof = 1;
+    return 0;
+}
+
+const bam_pileup1_t *bam_plp_auto(bam_plp_t iter, int *_tid, int *_pos, int *_n_plp)
+{
+    const bam_pileup1_t *plp;
+    if (iter->func == 0 || iter->error) { *_n_plp = -1; return 0; }
+    if ((plp = bam_plp_next(iter, _tid, _pos, _n_plp)) != 0) return plp;
+    else { // no pileup line can be obtained; read alignments
+        *_n_plp = 0;
+        if (iter->is_eof) return 0;
+        int ret;
+        while ( (ret=iter->func(iter->data, iter->b)) >= 0) {
+            if (bam_plp_push(iter, iter->b) < 0) {
+                *_n_plp = -1;
+                return 0;
+            }
+            if ((plp = bam_plp_next(iter, _tid, _pos, _n_plp)) != 0) return plp;
+            // otherwise no pileup line can be returned; read the next alignment.
+        }
+        if ( ret < -1 ) { iter->error = ret; *_n_plp = -1; return 0; }
+        bam_plp_push(iter, 0);
+        if ((plp = bam_plp_next(iter, _tid, _pos, _n_plp)) != 0) return plp;
+        return 0;
+    }
+}
+
+void bam_plp_reset(bam_plp_t iter)
+{
+    lbnode_t *p, *q;
+    iter->max_tid = iter->max_pos = -1;
+    iter->tid = iter->pos = 0;
+    iter->is_eof = 0;
+    for (p = iter->head; p->next;) {
+        overlap_remove(iter, NULL);
+        q = p->next;
+        mp_free(iter->mp, p);
+        p = q;
+    }
+    iter->head = iter->tail;
+}
+
+void bam_plp_set_maxcnt(bam_plp_t iter, int maxcnt)
+{
+    iter->maxcnt = maxcnt;
+}
+
+/************************
+ *** Mpileup iterator ***
+ ************************/
+
+struct __bam_mplp_t {
+    int n;
+    uint64_t min, *pos;
+    bam_plp_t *iter;
+    int *n_plp;
+    const bam_pileup1_t **plp;
+};
+
+bam_mplp_t bam_mplp_init(int n, bam_plp_auto_f func, void **data)
+{
+    int i;
+    bam_mplp_t iter;
+    iter = (bam_mplp_t)calloc(1, sizeof(struct __bam_mplp_t));
+    iter->pos = (uint64_t*)calloc(n, sizeof(uint64_t));
+    iter->n_plp = (int*)calloc(n, sizeof(int));
+    iter->plp = (const bam_pileup1_t**)calloc(n, sizeof(bam_pileup1_t*));
+    iter->iter = (bam_plp_t*)calloc(n, sizeof(bam_plp_t));
+    iter->n = n;
+    iter->min = (uint64_t)-1;
+    for (i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
+        iter->iter[i] = bam_plp_init(func, data[i]);
+        iter->pos[i] = iter->min;
+    }
+    return iter;
+}
+
+void bam_mplp_init_overlaps(bam_mplp_t iter)
+{
+    int i;
+    for (i = 0; i < iter->n; ++i)
+        bam_plp_init_overlaps(iter->iter[i]);
+}
+
+void bam_mplp_set_maxcnt(bam_mplp_t iter, int maxcnt)
+{
+    int i;
+    for (i = 0; i < iter->n; ++i)
+        iter->iter[i]->maxcnt = maxcnt;
+}
+
+void bam_mplp_destroy(bam_mplp_t iter)
+{
+    int i;
+    for (i = 0; i < iter->n; ++i) bam_plp_destroy(iter->iter[i]);
+    free(iter->iter); free(iter->pos); free(iter->n_plp); free(iter->plp);
+    free(iter);
+}
+
+int bam_mplp_auto(bam_mplp_t iter, int *_tid, int *_pos, int *n_plp, const bam_pileup1_t **plp)
+{
+    int i, ret = 0;
+    uint64_t new_min = (uint64_t)-1;
+    for (i = 0; i < iter->n; ++i) {
+        if (iter->pos[i] == iter->min) {
+            int tid, pos;
+            iter->plp[i] = bam_plp_auto(iter->iter[i], &tid, &pos, &iter->n_plp[i]);
+            if ( iter->iter[i]->error ) return -1;
+            iter->pos[i] = iter->plp[i] ? (uint64_t)tid<<32 | pos : 0;
+        }
+        if (iter->plp[i] && iter->pos[i] < new_min) new_min = iter->pos[i];
+    }
+    iter->min = new_min;
+    if (new_min == (uint64_t)-1) return 0;
+    *_tid = new_min>>32; *_pos = (uint32_t)new_min;
+    for (i = 0; i < iter->n; ++i) {
+        if (iter->pos[i] == iter->min) { // FIXME: valgrind reports "uninitialised value(s) at this line"
+            n_plp[i] = iter->n_plp[i], plp[i] = iter->plp[i];
+            ++ret;
+        } else n_plp[i] = 0, plp[i] = 0;
+    }
+    return ret;
+}
+
+#endif // ~!defined(BAM_NO_PILEUP)