* samtools-0.1.2-24

[samtools.git] / bam.c

diff --git a/bam.c b/bam.c
index ee145a1f20587236e8b4b99567f9d9f23eb3ba02..1b74c6d150a8d1003c3775785e7c93e108009b29 100644 (file)
--- a/bam.c
+++ b/bam.c
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ bam_header_t *bam_header_read(bamFile fp)
        bam_read(fp, header->text, header->l_text);
        bam_read(fp, &header->n_targets, 4);
        if (bam_is_be) bam_swap_endian_4p(&header->n_targets);
-       assert(header->n_targets > 0);
        // read reference sequence names and lengths
        header->target_name = (char**)calloc(header->n_targets, sizeof(char*));
        header->target_len = (uint32_t*)calloc(header->n_targets, 4);