Merge pull request #191 from vgteam/able_to_create_empty_handles

Enabled the creation of empty handles for PackedGraphs
vgteam · Nov 9, 2023 · 53ba85b · 53ba85b
2 parents 8e47864 + ffc2988
commit 53ba85b
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diff --git a/bdsg/include/bdsg/internal/base_packed_graph.hpp b/bdsg/include/bdsg/internal/base_packed_graph.hpp
@@ -1191,10 +1191,6 @@ handle_t BasePackedGraph<Backend>::create_handle(const string& sequence) {
 template<typename Backend>
 handle_t BasePackedGraph<Backend>::create_handle(const string& sequence, const nid_t& id) {
 
-    if (sequence.empty()) {
-        throw std::runtime_error("error:[BasePackedGraph] tried to create an empty node with ID " + std::to_string(id));
-    }
-
     if (id <= 0) {
         throw std::runtime_error("error:[BasePackedGraph] tried to create a node with non-positive ID " + std::to_string(id));
     }