Polymer molecules

[merkys]

One of the most interesting incomplete features in the Daylight SMILES/OpenSMILES to me is the the polymer extension. Currently, SMILES are mostly used for nonpolymer molecules, but this ignores large set of chemical compounds.

I have explained the problem in timvdm/OpenSMILES#8 and IUPAC/IUPAC_SMILES_plus#9.

Thanks for an interesting and really much needed effort!

[rapodaca]

Polymer representation is an important problem, but beyond the scope of Dialect. Why not start a project to document an extension and provide a reference implementation?

[merkys]

Thanks for prompt response. Your suggestion sounds good, I will think about it. Closing the issue as beyond the scope of this project.