size_t getNumberOfDistinctPositionsWithoutGap(const SymbolList& l1, const SymbolList& l2) {
if (l1.getAlphabet()->getAlphabetType() != l2.getAlphabet()->getAlphabetType()) throw AlphabetMismatchException("SymbolListTools::getNumberOfDistinctPositions.", l1.getAlphabet(), l2.getAlphabet());
const Alphabet* alpha = l1.getAlphabet();
int gapCode = alpha->getGapCharacterCode();
size_t n = min(l1.size(), l2.size());
size_t count = 0;
for (size_t i = 0; i < n; i++) {
int x = l1[i];
int y = l2[i];
if (alpha->isUnresolved(x)) x = gapCode;
if (alpha->isUnresolved(x)) y = gapCode;
if (x != gapCode && y != gapCode && x != y) count++;
}
return count;
}
BasicSymbolList::BasicSymbolList(const SymbolList& list):
alphabet_(list.getAlphabet()), content_(list.getContent()) {}
EdSymbolList::EdSymbolList(const SymbolList& list):
alphabet_(list.getAlphabet()), propagateEvents_(true), content_(list.getContent()), listeners_() {}
