biom-format/biom-format — pull request #49 by jrrideout (2012-11-07 19:40:16+00:00)
Title: biom-format config file addition for sparse backend switching

The changes in this pull request will facilitate the performance testing of various sparse backends.

Added support for a biom-format config file (very similar to QIIME's config), as well as the ability to switch between sparse backends using the config file or programmatically (similar to matplotlib's renderer backend mechanism). Also added Daniel's benchmarking code and database backend implementation.