improved backward compatibility

diff --git a/bgzf.h b/bgzf.h
index 888df8ca72fb2c208f0cafa3460d0bcdf6ef3051..29fe0e5dac15744c0a81b85c8fba55ca3fdb4a3c 100644 (file)
--- a/bgzf.h
+++ b/bgzf.h
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ extern "C" {
         */
        BGZF* bgzf_dopen(int fd, const char *mode);
 
+       #define bgzf_fdopen(fd, mode) bgzf_dopen((fd), (mode)) // for backward compatibility
+
        /**
         * Open the specified file for reading or writing.
         */