From ffc2988b870d6d58c5e19561e8f16eb7db40791c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robin Rounthwaite <robintherobin@outlook.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2023 11:59:38 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] removed the error preventing the creation of empty handles
 for PackedGraphs.

---
 bdsg/include/bdsg/internal/base_packed_graph.hpp | 4 ----
 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bdsg/include/bdsg/internal/base_packed_graph.hpp b/bdsg/include/bdsg/internal/base_packed_graph.hpp
index 81a3f94e..888e3819 100644
--- 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));
     }