From 1fd21ccc69d023cdc92dd473842a8e6877fbb65c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Arun Isaac
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2025 16:12:38 +0100
Subject: Do not skip blank lines when reading TSV files.

---
 pyhegp/serialization.py | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pyhegp/serialization.py b/pyhegp/serialization.py
index b234a5b..799109e 100644
--- a/pyhegp/serialization.py
+++ b/pyhegp/serialization.py
@@ -70,7 +70,12 @@ def read_tsv(file):
     return pd.read_csv(file,
                        quoting=csv.QUOTE_NONE,
                        sep="\t",
-                       na_filter=False)
+                       na_filter=False,
+                       # Do not skip blank lines: for example, a data
+                       # frame with only spaces separated by tabs.
+                       # This is valid TSV, even though it is a weird
+                       # data file.
+                       skip_blank_lines=False)
 
 def read_genotype(file):
     df = read_tsv(file)
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