Error when reading a VCF 4.3 file with spaces in INFO field values

[jkmatila]

According to the VCF 4.3 specification, spaces are allowed in INFO field values (unlike in VCF 4.2). However, trying to parse such a file fails with an error message "The VCF specification does not allow for whitespace in the INFO field", which seems to come from AbstractVCFCodec.java:515.

See VCF 4.3 spec, Section 1.6.1:

8. INFO — [...] Space characters are allowed in values.

[cmnbroad]

Yes, thanks for reporting this. This is fixed in #1581 (and the commit with the fix is also in #1596).