vcfcall.c

/*  vcfcall.c -- SNP/indel variant calling from VCF/BCF.

    Copyright (C) 2013-2025 Genome Research Ltd.

    Author: Petr Danecek <pd3@sanger.ac.uk>

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#include <stdarg.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <strings.h>
#include <assert.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <getopt.h>
#include <math.h>
#include <htslib/vcf.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <stdarg.h>
#include <htslib/kfunc.h>
#include <htslib/synced_bcf_reader.h>
#include <htslib/khash_str2int.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#include "bcftools.h"
#include "call.h"
#include "prob1.h"
#include "ploidy.h"
#include "gvcf.h"
#include "regidx.h"
#include "vcfbuf.h"

void error(const char *format, ...);

#define CF_NO_GENO      1
#define CF_INS_MISSED   (1<<1)
#define CF_CCALL        (1<<2)
//                      (1<<3)
//                      (1<<4)
//                      (1<<5)
#define CF_ACGT_ONLY    (1<<6)
#define CF_QCALL        (1<<7)
#define CF_ADJLD        (1<<8)
#define CF_NO_INDEL     (1<<9)
#define CF_ANNO_MAX     (1<<10)
#define CF_MCALL        (1<<11)
#define CF_PAIRCALL     (1<<12)
#define CF_QCNT         (1<<13)
#define CF_INDEL_ONLY   (1<<14)

typedef struct
{
    tgt_als_t *als;
    int nmatch_als, ibuf;
}
rec_tgt_t;

typedef struct
{
    int flag;   // combination of CF_* flags above
    int output_type, n_threads, record_cmd_line, clevel;
    htsFile *bcf_in, *out_fh;
    char *bcf_fname, *output_fname;
    char **samples;             // for subsampling and ploidy
    int nsamples, *samples_map; // mapping from output sample names to original VCF
    char *regions, *targets;    // regions to process
    int regions_is_file, targets_is_file, regions_overlap;
    regidx_t *tgt_idx;
    regitr_t *tgt_itr, *tgt_itr_prev, *tgt_itr_tmp;
    vcfbuf_t *vcfbuf;

    char *samples_fname;
    int samples_is_file;
    int *sample2sex;    // mapping for ploidy. If negative, interpreted as -1*ploidy
    int *sex2ploidy, *sex2ploidy_prev, nsex;
    ploidy_t *ploidy;
    gvcf_t *gvcf;

    bcf1_t *missed_line;
    call_t aux;     // parameters and temporary data
    kstring_t str;

    int argc;
    char **argv;
    char *index_fn;
    int write_index;

    //  int flag, prior_type, n1, n_sub, *sublist, n_perm;
    //  uint32_t *trio_aux;
    //  char *prior_file, **subsam;
    //  uint8_t *ploidy;
    //  double theta, pref, indel_frac, min_smpl_frac, min_lrt;
    // Permutation tests
    //  int n_perm, *seeds;
    //  double min_perm_p;
    //  void *bed;
}
args_t;

static char **add_sample(void *name2idx, char **lines, int *nlines, int *mlines, char *name, char *sex, int *ith)
{
    int ret = khash_str2int_get(name2idx, name, ith);
    if ( ret==0 ) return lines;

    hts_expand(char*,(*nlines+1),*mlines,lines);
    kstring_t str = {0,0,0};
    ksprintf(&str,"%s %s",name,sex);
    lines[*nlines] = str.s;
    *ith = *nlines;
    (*nlines)++;
    khash_str2int_set(name2idx, strdup(name), *ith);
    return lines;
}

typedef struct
{
    const char *alias, *about, *ploidy;
}
ploidy_predef_t;

static ploidy_predef_t ploidy_predefs[] =
{
    { .alias  = "GRCh37",
      .about  = "Human Genome reference assembly GRCh37 / hg19",
      .ploidy =
          "X 1 60000 M 1\n"
          "X 2699521 154931043 M 1\n"
          "Y 1 59373566 M 1\n"
          "Y 1 59373566 F 0\n"
          "MT 1 16569 M 1\n"
          "MT 1 16569 F 1\n"
          "chrX 1 60000 M 1\n"
          "chrX 2699521 154931043 M 1\n"
          "chrY 1 59373566 M 1\n"
          "chrY 1 59373566 F 0\n"
          "chrM 1 16569 M 1\n"
          "chrM 1 16569 F 1\n"
          "*  * *     M 2\n"
          "*  * *     F 2\n"
    },
    { .alias  = "GRCh38",
      .about  = "Human Genome reference assembly GRCh38 / hg38",
      .ploidy =
          "X 1 9999 M 1\n"
          "X 2781480 155701381 M 1\n"
          "Y 1 57227415 M 1\n"
          "Y 1 57227415 F 0\n"
          "MT 1 16569 M 1\n"
          "MT 1 16569 F 1\n"
          "chrX 1 9999 M 1\n"
          "chrX 2781480 155701381 M 1\n"
          "chrY 1 57227415 M 1\n"
          "chrY 1 57227415 F 0\n"
          "chrM 1 16569 M 1\n"
          "chrM 1 16569 F 1\n"
          "*  * *     M 2\n"
          "*  * *     F 2\n"
    },
    { .alias  = "X",
      .about  = "Treat male samples as haploid and female as diploid regardless of the chromosome name",
      .ploidy =
          "*  * *     M 1\n"
          "*  * *     F 2\n"
    },
    { .alias  = "Y",
      .about  = "Treat male samples as haploid and female as no-copy, regardless of the chromosome name",
      .ploidy =
          "*  * *     M 1\n"
          "*  * *     F 0\n"
    },
    { .alias  = "1",
      .about  = "Treat all samples as haploid",
      .ploidy =
          "*  * *     * 1\n"
    },
    { .alias  = "2",
      .about  = "Treat all samples as diploid",
      .ploidy =
          "*  * *     * 2\n"
    },
    {
        .alias  = NULL,
        .about  = NULL,
        .ploidy = NULL,
    }
};

// only 5 columns are required and the first is ignored:
//  ignored,sample,father(or 0),mother(or 0),sex(1=M,2=F)
static char **parse_ped_samples(args_t *args, call_t *call, char **vals, int nvals, int *nsmpl)
{
    int i, j, mlines = 0, nlines = 0;
    kstring_t str = {0,0,0}, fam_str = {0,0,0};
    void *name2idx = khash_str2int_init();
    char **lines = NULL;

    char *msex = "M", *fsex = "F";
    for (i=0; i<nvals; i++)
    {
        str.l = 0;
        kputs(vals[i], &str);
        char *col_ends[5], *tmp = str.s;
        j = 0;
        while ( *tmp && j<5 )
        {
            if ( isspace(*tmp) )
            {
                *tmp = 0;
                ++tmp;
                while ( isspace(*tmp) ) tmp++;  // allow multiple spaces
                col_ends[j] = tmp-1;
                j++;
                continue;
            }
            tmp++;
        }
        if ( j<4 ) break;

        char *sex = &col_ends[3][1];
        if ( ploidy_sex2id(args->ploidy,sex)<0 )
        {
            // this gender is not defined, if 1/2, test if M/F is
            if ( !strcmp(sex,"1") && ploidy_sex2id(args->ploidy,msex)>=0 ) sex = msex;
            else if ( !strcmp(sex,"2") && ploidy_sex2id(args->ploidy,fsex)>=0 ) sex = fsex;
            else error("[E::%s] The sex \"%s\" has not been declared in --ploidy/--ploidy-file\n",__func__,sex);
        }
        lines = add_sample(name2idx, lines, &nlines, &mlines, col_ends[0]+1, sex, &j);
        if ( strcmp(col_ends[1]+1,"0") && strcmp(col_ends[2]+1,"0") )   // father and mother
        {
            call->nfams++;
            hts_expand(family_t, call->nfams, call->mfams, call->fams);
            family_t *fam = &call->fams[call->nfams-1];
            fam_str.l = 0;
            ksprintf(&fam_str,"father=%s, mother=%s, child=%s", col_ends[1]+1,col_ends[2]+1,col_ends[0]+1);
            fam->name = strdup(fam_str.s);

            if ( !khash_str2int_has_key(name2idx, col_ends[1]+1) )
                lines = add_sample(name2idx, lines, &nlines, &mlines, col_ends[1]+1, msex, &fam->sample[FATHER]);
            if ( !khash_str2int_has_key(name2idx, col_ends[2]+1) )
                lines = add_sample(name2idx, lines, &nlines, &mlines, col_ends[2]+1, fsex, &fam->sample[MOTHER]);

            khash_str2int_get(name2idx, col_ends[0]+1, &fam->sample[CHILD]);
            khash_str2int_get(name2idx, col_ends[1]+1, &fam->sample[FATHER]);
            khash_str2int_get(name2idx, col_ends[2]+1, &fam->sample[MOTHER]);
        }
    }
    free(str.s);
    free(fam_str.s);
    khash_str2int_destroy_free(name2idx);

    if ( i!=nvals ) return NULL; // not a ped file

    *nsmpl = nlines;
    return lines;
}


/*
 *  Reads sample names and their ploidy (optional) from a file.
 *  Alternatively, if no such file exists, the file name is interpreted
 *  as a comma-separated list of samples. When ploidy is not present,
 *  the default ploidy 2 is assumed.
 */
static void set_samples(args_t *args, const char *fn, int is_file)
{
    int i, nlines, negate = 0;
    if ( fn[0]=='^' )
    {
        negate = 1;
        fn++;
    }
    char **lines = hts_readlist(fn, is_file, &nlines);
    if ( !lines ) error("Could not read the file: %s\n", fn);

    int nsmpls;
    char **smpls = parse_ped_samples(args, &args->aux, lines, nlines, &nsmpls);
    if ( smpls )
    {
        for (i=0; i<nlines; i++) free(lines[i]);
        free(lines);
        lines = smpls;
        nlines = nsmpls;
    }
    else if ( is_file )
        fprintf(stderr,"Note: could not parse as PED: %s\n",fn);

    args->samples_map = (int*) malloc(sizeof(int)*bcf_hdr_nsamples(args->aux.hdr)); // for subsetting
    args->sample2sex  = (int*) malloc(sizeof(int)*bcf_hdr_nsamples(args->aux.hdr));
    int dflt_sex_id = ploidy_nsex(args->ploidy) - 1;
    for (i=0; i<bcf_hdr_nsamples(args->aux.hdr); i++) args->sample2sex[i] = dflt_sex_id;

    int *old2new = (int*) malloc(sizeof(int)*bcf_hdr_nsamples(args->aux.hdr));
    int nsmpl = 0, map_needed = 0;
    if ( !negate )
    {
        for (i=0; i<bcf_hdr_nsamples(args->aux.hdr); i++) old2new[i] = -1;
        for (i=0; i<nlines; i++)
        {
            char *ss = lines[i];
            while ( *ss && isspace(*ss) ) ss++;
            if ( !*ss ) error("Could not parse: %s\n", lines[i]);
            if ( *ss=='#' ) continue;
            char *se = ss;
            while ( *se && !isspace(*se) ) se++;
            char x = *se, *xptr = se; *se = 0;

            int ismpl = bcf_hdr_id2int(args->aux.hdr, BCF_DT_SAMPLE, ss);
            if ( ismpl < 0 ) { fprintf(stderr,"Warning: No such sample in the VCF: %s\n",ss); continue; }
            if ( old2new[ismpl] != -1 ) { fprintf(stderr,"Warning: The sample is listed multiple times: %s\n",ss); continue; }

            ss = se+(x != '\0');
            while ( *ss && isspace(*ss) ) ss++;
            if ( !*ss ) ss = "2";   // default ploidy
            se = ss;
            while ( *se && !isspace(*se) ) se++;
            if ( se==ss ) { *xptr = x; error("Could not parse: \"%s\"\n", lines[i]); }

            char *sex = ss;
            if ( ploidy_sex2id(args->ploidy,sex)<0 )
            {
                if ( sex[1]==0 && (sex[0]=='0' || sex[0]=='1' || sex[0]=='2') ) args->sample2sex[nsmpl] = -1*(sex[0]-'0');
                else error("[E::%s] The sex \"%s\" has not been declared in --ploidy/--ploidy-file\n",__func__,sex);
            }
            else
                args->sample2sex[nsmpl] = ploidy_add_sex(args->ploidy,sex);

            if ( ismpl!=nsmpl ) map_needed = 1;
            args->samples_map[nsmpl] = ismpl;
            old2new[ismpl] = nsmpl;
            nsmpl++;
        }
        if ( nsmpl!=bcf_hdr_nsamples(args->aux.hdr) ) map_needed = 1;
    }
    else
    {
        // negate: in this mode the default ploidy must be used for obvious reason - there is no way to
        // specify ploidy if the sample name is not shown
        for (i=0; i<bcf_hdr_nsamples(args->aux.hdr); i++) old2new[i] = 1;   // by default keep the sample
        for (i=0; i<nlines; i++)
        {
            char *ss = lines[i];
            while ( *ss && isspace(*ss) ) ss++;
            if ( !*ss ) error("Could not parse: %s\n", lines[i]);
            if ( *ss=='#' ) continue;
            char *se = ss;
            while ( *se && !isspace(*se) ) se++;
            *se = 0;

            int ismpl = bcf_hdr_id2int(args->aux.hdr, BCF_DT_SAMPLE, ss);
            if ( ismpl < 0 ) { fprintf(stderr,"Warning: No such sample in the VCF: %s\n",ss); continue; }

            old2new[ismpl] = 0; // do not keep this sample
            free(lines[i]);
        }
        free(lines);
        lines = malloc(sizeof(*lines)*bcf_hdr_nsamples(args->aux.hdr));
        nsmpl = 0;
        for (i=0; i<bcf_hdr_nsamples(args->aux.hdr); i++)
        {
            if ( !old2new[i] ) continue;
            lines[nsmpl] = strdup(args->aux.hdr->samples[i]);
            args->samples_map[nsmpl] = i;
            old2new[i] = nsmpl;
            nsmpl++;
        }
        map_needed = 1;
    }

    for (i=0; i<args->aux.nfams; i++)
    {
        int j, nmiss = 0;
        family_t *fam = &args->aux.fams[i];
        for (j=0; j<3; j++)
        {
            fam->sample[i] = old2new[fam->sample[i]];
            if ( fam->sample[i]<0 ) nmiss++;
        }
        assert( nmiss==0 || nmiss==3 );
    }
    free(old2new);

    if ( !map_needed ) { free(args->samples_map); args->samples_map = NULL; }

    args->nsamples = nsmpl;
    args->samples = lines;
}

static void init_missed_line(args_t *args)
{
    int i;
    for (i=0; i<bcf_hdr_nsamples(args->aux.hdr); i++)
    {
        args->aux.gts[i*2]   = bcf_gt_missing;
        args->aux.gts[i*2+1] = bcf_int32_vector_end;
    }
    args->missed_line = bcf_init1();
    bcf_update_genotypes(args->aux.hdr, args->missed_line, args->aux.gts, 2*bcf_hdr_nsamples(args->aux.hdr));
    bcf_float_set_missing(args->missed_line->qual);
}

static int tgt_parse(const char *line, char **chr_beg, char **chr_end, uint32_t *beg, uint32_t *end, void *payload, void *usr)
{
    char *ss = (char*) line;
    while ( *ss && isspace(*ss) ) ss++;
    if ( !*ss ) { fprintf(stderr,"Could not parse the line: %s\n", line); return -2; }
    if ( *ss=='#' ) return -1;  // skip comments

    char *se = ss;
    while ( *se && !isspace(*se) ) se++;

    *chr_beg = ss;
    *chr_end = se-1;

    if ( !*se ) { fprintf(stderr,"Could not parse the line: %s\n", line); return -2; }

    ss = se+1;
    *beg = strtod(ss, &se);
    if ( ss==se ) { fprintf(stderr,"Could not parse tab line: %s\n", line); return -2; }
    if ( *beg==0 ) { fprintf(stderr,"Could not parse tab line, expected 1-based coordinate: %s\n", line); return -2; }
    (*beg)--;
    *end = *beg;

    if ( !usr ) return 0; // allele information not required

    ss = se+1;
    tgt_als_t *als = (tgt_als_t*)payload;
    als->used   = 0;
    als->n      = 0;
    als->allele = NULL;
    while ( *ss )
    {
        se = ss;
        while ( *se && *se!=',' && !isspace(*se) ) se++;
        als->n++;
        als->allele = (char**)realloc(als->allele,als->n*sizeof(*als->allele));
        als->allele[als->n-1] = (char*)malloc(se-ss+1);
        memcpy(als->allele[als->n-1],ss,se-ss);
        als->allele[als->n-1][se-ss] = 0;
        ss = se+1;
        if ( !*se || isspace(*se) ) break;
    }
    if ( als->n<2 ) error("Unable to parse the -T file; expected CHROM\\tPOS\\tREF,ALT with -C alleles but found instead:\n\t%s\n",line);
    return 0;
}
static void tgt_free(void *payload)
{
    tgt_als_t *als = (tgt_als_t*)payload;
    int i;
    for (i=0; i<als->n; i++) free(als->allele[i]);
    free(als->allele);
}
static void tgt_flush_region(args_t *args, char *chr, uint32_t beg, uint32_t end)
{
    if ( !regidx_overlap(args->tgt_idx, chr,beg,end,args->tgt_itr_tmp) ) return;
    while ( regitr_overlap(args->tgt_itr_tmp) )
    {
        if ( args->tgt_itr_tmp->beg < beg ) continue;

        tgt_als_t *tgt_als = &regitr_payload(args->tgt_itr_tmp,tgt_als_t);
        if ( tgt_als->used ) continue;

        args->missed_line->rid  = bcf_hdr_name2id(args->aux.hdr,chr);
        args->missed_line->pos  = args->tgt_itr_tmp->beg;
        bcf_unpack(args->missed_line,BCF_UN_ALL);
        bcf_update_alleles(args->aux.hdr, args->missed_line, (const char**)tgt_als->allele, tgt_als->n);
        tgt_als->used = 1;
        if ( bcf_write1(args->out_fh, args->aux.hdr, args->missed_line)!=0 ) error("[%s] Error: failed to write to %s\n", __func__,args->output_fname);
    }
}
static void tgt_flush(args_t *args, bcf1_t *rec)
{
    if ( rec )
    {
        char *chr = (char*)bcf_seqname(args->aux.hdr,rec);

        if ( !args->tgt_itr_prev )                  // first record
            tgt_flush_region(args,chr,0,rec->pos-1);

        else if ( strcmp(chr,args->tgt_itr_prev->seq) )  // first record on a new chromosome
        {
            tgt_flush_region(args,args->tgt_itr_prev->seq,args->tgt_itr_prev->beg+1,REGIDX_MAX);
            tgt_flush_region(args,chr,0,rec->pos-1);
        }
        else                                        // another record on the same chromosome
            tgt_flush_region(args,args->tgt_itr_prev->seq,args->tgt_itr_prev->beg,rec->pos-1);
    }
    else
    {
        // flush everything
        if ( args->tgt_itr_prev )
            tgt_flush_region(args,args->tgt_itr_prev->seq,args->tgt_itr_prev->beg,REGIDX_MAX);

        int i, nchr = 0;
        char **chr = regidx_seq_names(args->tgt_idx, &nchr);
        for (i=0; i<nchr; i++)
            tgt_flush_region(args,chr[i],0,REGIDX_MAX);
    }
}
inline static int is_indel(int nals, char **als)
{
    // This is mpileup output, we can make some assumption:
    //  - no MNPs
    //  - "<*>" is not present at indels sites and there are no other symbolic alleles than <*>
    if ( als[1][0]=='<' ) return 0;

    int i;
    for (i=0; i<nals; i++)
    {
        if ( als[i][0]=='<' ) continue;
        if ( als[i][1] ) return 1;
    }
    return 0;
}
bcf1_t *next_line(args_t *args)
{
    bcf1_t *rec = NULL;
    if ( !args->vcfbuf )
    {
        while ( bcf_sr_next_line(args->aux.srs) )
        {
            rec = args->aux.srs->readers[0].buffer[0];
            if ( args->aux.srs->errnum || rec->errcode ) error("Error: could not parse the input VCF\n");
            if ( args->tgt_idx )
            {
                if ( !regidx_overlap(args->tgt_idx, bcf_seqname(args->aux.hdr,rec),rec->pos,rec->pos,args->tgt_itr) ) continue;

                // For backward compatibility: require the exact position, not an interval overlap
                int pos_match = 0;
                while ( regitr_overlap(args->tgt_itr) )
                {
                    if ( args->tgt_itr->beg != rec->pos ) continue;
                    pos_match = 1;
                    break;
                }
                if ( !pos_match ) continue;
            }
            if ( args->samples_map ) bcf_subset(args->aux.hdr, rec, args->nsamples, args->samples_map);
            bcf_unpack(rec, BCF_UN_STR);
            return rec;
        }
        return NULL;
    }

    // If we are here,-C alleles was given and vcfbuf and tgt_idx are set

    // Fill the buffer with duplicate lines
    int vcfbuf_full = 1;
    int nbuf = vcfbuf_nsites(args->vcfbuf);
    bcf1_t *rec0 = NULL, *recN = NULL;
    if ( nbuf==0 ) vcfbuf_full = 0;
    else if ( nbuf==1 )
    {
        vcfbuf_full = 0;
        rec0 = vcfbuf_peek(args->vcfbuf, 0);
    }
    else
    {
        rec0 = vcfbuf_peek(args->vcfbuf, 0);
        recN = vcfbuf_peek(args->vcfbuf, nbuf-1);
        if ( rec0->rid == recN->rid && rec0->pos == recN->pos ) vcfbuf_full = 0;
    }
    if ( !vcfbuf_full )
    {
        while ( bcf_sr_next_line(args->aux.srs) )
        {
            rec = args->aux.srs->readers[0].buffer[0];
            if ( args->aux.srs->errnum || rec->errcode ) error("Error: could not parse the input VCF\n");
            if ( !regidx_overlap(args->tgt_idx, bcf_seqname(args->aux.hdr,rec),rec->pos,rec->pos,args->tgt_itr) ) continue;
            // as above: require the exact position, not an interval overlap
            int exact_match = 0;
            while ( regitr_overlap(args->tgt_itr) )
            {
                if ( args->tgt_itr->beg != rec->pos ) continue;
                exact_match = 1;
                break;
            }
            if ( !exact_match ) continue;

            if ( args->samples_map ) bcf_subset(args->aux.hdr, rec, args->nsamples, args->samples_map);
            bcf_unpack(rec, BCF_UN_STR);
            if ( !rec0 ) rec0 = rec;
            recN = rec;
            args->aux.srs->readers[0].buffer[0] = vcfbuf_push(args->vcfbuf, rec);
            if ( rec0->rid!=recN->rid || rec0->pos!=recN->pos ) break;
        }
    }

    nbuf = vcfbuf_nsites(args->vcfbuf);
    int n, i,j;
    for (n=nbuf; n>1; n--)
    {
        recN = vcfbuf_peek(args->vcfbuf, n-1);
        if ( rec0->rid==recN->rid && rec0->pos==recN->pos ) break;
    }
    if ( n==0 )
    {
        assert( !nbuf );
        return NULL;
    }

    // Find the VCF and tab record with the best matching combination of alleles, prioritize
    // records of the same type (snp vs indel)
    rec_tgt_t rec_tgt;
    memset(&rec_tgt,0,sizeof(rec_tgt));
    regidx_overlap(args->tgt_idx, bcf_seqname(args->aux.hdr,rec0),rec0->pos,rec0->pos,args->tgt_itr);
    regitr_t *tmp_itr = regitr_init(args->tgt_idx);
    for (i=0; i<n; i++)
    {
        regitr_copy(tmp_itr, args->tgt_itr);
        rec = vcfbuf_peek(args->vcfbuf, i);
        int rec_indel = is_indel(rec->n_allele, rec->d.allele) ? 1 : -1;
        while ( regitr_overlap(tmp_itr) )
        {
            if ( tmp_itr->beg != rec->pos ) continue;
            tgt_als_t *als = &regitr_payload(tmp_itr,tgt_als_t);
            if ( als->used ) continue;
            int nmatch_als = 0;
            vcmp_t *vcmp = vcmp_init();
            int ret = vcmp_set_ref(vcmp, rec->d.allele[0], als->allele[0]);
            if ( ret==0 )
            {
                nmatch_als++;
                if ( rec->n_allele > 1 && als->n > 1 )
                {
                    for (j=1; j<als->n; j++)
                    {
                        if ( vcmp_find_allele(vcmp, rec->d.allele+1, rec->n_allele-1, als->allele[j])>=0 ) nmatch_als++;
                    }
                }
            }
            int als_indel = is_indel(als->n, als->allele) ? 1 : -1;
            nmatch_als *= rec_indel*als_indel;
            if ( nmatch_als > rec_tgt.nmatch_als || !rec_tgt.als )
            {
                rec_tgt.nmatch_als = nmatch_als;
                rec_tgt.als  = als;
                rec_tgt.ibuf = i;
            }
            vcmp_destroy(vcmp);
        }
    }
    regitr_destroy(tmp_itr);

    args->aux.tgt_als = rec_tgt.als;
    if ( rec_tgt.als ) rec_tgt.als->used = 1;

    rec = vcfbuf_remove(args->vcfbuf, rec_tgt.ibuf);
    return rec;
}

static void init_data(args_t *args)
{
    args->aux.srs = bcf_sr_init();

    // Open files for input and output, initialize structures
    if ( args->targets )
    {
        args->tgt_idx = regidx_init(args->targets, tgt_parse, args->aux.flag&CALL_CONSTR_ALLELES ? tgt_free : (regidx_free_f) NULL, sizeof(tgt_als_t), args->aux.flag&CALL_CONSTR_ALLELES ? args : NULL);
        args->tgt_itr = regitr_init(args->tgt_idx);
        args->tgt_itr_tmp = regitr_init(args->tgt_idx);
    }

    if ( args->regions )
    {
        bcf_sr_set_opt(args->aux.srs,BCF_SR_REGIONS_OVERLAP,args->regions_overlap);
        if ( bcf_sr_set_regions(args->aux.srs, args->regions, args->regions_is_file)<0 )
            error("Failed to read the regions: %s\n", args->regions);
    }

    if ( !bcf_sr_add_reader(args->aux.srs, args->bcf_fname) )
        error("Failed to read from %s: %s\n", !strcmp("-",args->bcf_fname)?"standard input":args->bcf_fname,bcf_sr_strerror(args->aux.srs->errnum));
    args->aux.hdr = bcf_sr_get_header(args->aux.srs,0);

    int i;
    if ( args->samples_fname )
    {
        set_samples(args, args->samples_fname, args->samples_is_file);
        if ( args->aux.flag&CALL_CONSTR_TRIO )
        {
            if ( 3*args->aux.nfams!=args->nsamples ) error("Expected only trios in %s, sorry!\n", args->samples_fname);
            fprintf(stderr,"Detected %d samples in %d trio families\n", args->nsamples,args->aux.nfams);
        }
    }
    if ( args->ploidy  )
    {
        args->nsex = ploidy_nsex(args->ploidy);
        args->sex2ploidy = (int*) calloc(args->nsex,sizeof(int));
        args->sex2ploidy_prev = (int*) calloc(args->nsex,sizeof(int));
        if ( !args->nsamples )
        {
            args->nsamples = bcf_hdr_nsamples(args->aux.hdr);
            args->sample2sex = (int*) malloc(sizeof(int)*args->nsamples);
            for (i=0; i<args->nsamples; i++) args->sample2sex[i] = args->nsex - 1;
        }
    }
    if ( args->nsamples )
    {
        args->aux.ploidy = (uint8_t*) malloc(args->nsamples);
        for (i=0; i<args->nsamples; i++) args->aux.ploidy[i] = ploidy_max(args->ploidy);
        for (i=0; i<args->nsex; i++) args->sex2ploidy_prev[i] = ploidy_max(args->ploidy);
        for (i=0; i<args->nsamples; i++)
            if ( args->sample2sex[i] >= args->nsex ) args->sample2sex[i] = args->nsex - 1;
    }

    if ( args->gvcf )
    {
        int id = bcf_hdr_id2int(args->aux.hdr,BCF_DT_ID,"DP");
        if ( id<0 || !bcf_hdr_idinfo_exists(args->aux.hdr,BCF_HL_FMT,id) ) error("--gvcf output mode requires FORMAT/DP tag, which is not present in the input header\n");
        gvcf_update_header(args->gvcf, args->aux.hdr);
    }

    if ( args->samples_map )
    {
        args->aux.hdr = bcf_hdr_subset(bcf_sr_get_header(args->aux.srs,0), args->nsamples, args->samples, args->samples_map);
        if ( !args->aux.hdr ) error("Error occurred while subsetting samples\n");
        for (i=0; i<args->nsamples; i++)
            if ( args->samples_map[i]<0 ) error("No such sample: %s\n", args->samples[i]);
        if ( !bcf_hdr_nsamples(args->aux.hdr) ) error("No matching sample found\n");
    }
    else
    {
        args->aux.hdr = bcf_hdr_dup(bcf_sr_get_header(args->aux.srs,0));
        if ( args->samples )
        {
            for (i=0; i<args->nsamples; i++)
                if ( bcf_hdr_id2int(args->aux.hdr,BCF_DT_SAMPLE,args->samples[i])<0 )
                    error("No such sample: %s\n", args->samples[i]);
        }
    }

    if ( args->aux.flag & CALL_CONSTR_ALLELES )
    {
        args->vcfbuf = vcfbuf_init(args->aux.hdr, 0);
        vcfbuf_set(args->vcfbuf,VCFBUF_DUMMY,1);
    }

    char wmode[8];
    set_wmode(wmode,args->output_type,args->output_fname,args->clevel);
    args->out_fh = hts_open(args->output_fname ? args->output_fname : "-", wmode);
    if ( args->out_fh == NULL ) error("Error: cannot write to \"%s\": %s\n", args->output_fname, strerror(errno));
    if ( args->n_threads ) hts_set_threads(args->out_fh, args->n_threads);

    if ( args->flag & CF_QCALL )
        return;

    if ( args->flag & CF_MCALL )
        mcall_init(&args->aux);

    if ( args->flag & CF_CCALL )
        ccall_init(&args->aux);

    bcf_hdr_remove(args->aux.hdr, BCF_HL_INFO, "QS");
    bcf_hdr_remove(args->aux.hdr, BCF_HL_INFO, "I16");

    if (args->record_cmd_line) bcf_hdr_append_version(args->aux.hdr, args->argc, args->argv, "bcftools_call");
    if ( bcf_hdr_write(args->out_fh, args->aux.hdr)!=0 ) error("[%s] Error: cannot write the header to %s\n", __func__,args->output_fname);
    if ( init_index2(args->out_fh,args->aux.hdr,args->output_fname,
                     &args->index_fn, args->write_index)<0 )
        error("Error: failed to initialise index for %s\n",args->output_fname);

    if ( args->flag&CF_INS_MISSED ) init_missed_line(args);
}

static void destroy_data(args_t *args)
{
    if ( args->vcfbuf ) vcfbuf_destroy(args->vcfbuf);
    if ( args->tgt_idx )
    {
        regidx_destroy(args->tgt_idx);
        regitr_destroy(args->tgt_itr);
        regitr_destroy(args->tgt_itr_tmp);
        if ( args->tgt_itr_prev ) regitr_destroy(args->tgt_itr_prev);
    }
    if ( args->flag & CF_CCALL ) ccall_destroy(&args->aux);
    else if ( args->flag & CF_MCALL ) mcall_destroy(&args->aux);
    else if ( args->flag & CF_QCALL ) qcall_destroy(&args->aux);
    int i;
    if ( args->samples )
    {
        for (i=0; i<args->nsamples; i++) free(args->samples[i]);
    }
    if ( args->aux.fams )
    {
        for (i=0; i<args->aux.nfams; i++) free(args->aux.fams[i].name);
        free(args->aux.fams);
    }
    if ( args->missed_line ) bcf_destroy(args->missed_line);
    ploidy_destroy(args->ploidy);
    free(args->sex2ploidy);
    free(args->sex2ploidy_prev);
    free(args->samples);
    free(args->samples_map);
    free(args->sample2sex);
    free(args->aux.ploidy);
    free(args->str.s);
    if ( args->gvcf ) gvcf_destroy(args->gvcf);
    bcf_hdr_destroy(args->aux.hdr);
    if ( args->write_index )
    {
        if ( bcf_idx_save(args->out_fh)<0 )
        {
            if ( hts_close(args->out_fh)!=0 ) error("Error: close failed .. %s\n", args->output_fname?args->output_fname:"stdout");
            error("Error: cannot write to index %s\n", args->index_fn);
        }
        free(args->index_fn);
    }
    if ( hts_close(args->out_fh)!=0 ) error("[%s] Error: close failed .. %s\n", __func__,args->output_fname);
    bcf_sr_destroy(args->aux.srs);
}

void parse_novel_rate(args_t *args, const char *str)
{
    if ( sscanf(str,"%le,%le,%le",&args->aux.trio_Pm_SNPs,&args->aux.trio_Pm_del,&args->aux.trio_Pm_ins)==3 )  // explicit for all
    {
        args->aux.trio_Pm_SNPs = 1 - args->aux.trio_Pm_SNPs;
        args->aux.trio_Pm_del  = 1 - args->aux.trio_Pm_del;
        args->aux.trio_Pm_ins  = 1 - args->aux.trio_Pm_ins;
    }
    else if ( sscanf(str,"%le,%le",&args->aux.trio_Pm_SNPs,&args->aux.trio_Pm_del)==2 )   // dynamic for indels
    {
        args->aux.trio_Pm_SNPs = 1 - args->aux.trio_Pm_SNPs;
        args->aux.trio_Pm_ins  = -1;    // negative value for dynamic calculation
    }
    else if ( sscanf(str,"%le",&args->aux.trio_Pm_SNPs)==1 )  // same for all
    {
        args->aux.trio_Pm_SNPs = 1 - args->aux.trio_Pm_SNPs;
        args->aux.trio_Pm_del  = -1;
        args->aux.trio_Pm_ins  = -1;
    }
    else error("Could not parse --novel-rate %s\n", str);
}

static void list_annotations(FILE *fp)
{
    fprintf(fp,
        "\n"
        "Optional INFO annotations available with -m (\"INFO/\" prefix is optional):\n"
        "  INFO/PV4   .. P-values for strand bias, baseQ bias, mapQ bias and tail distance bias (Number=4,Type=Float)\n"
        "\n"
        "Optional FORMAT annotations available with -m (\"FORMAT/\" prefix is optional):\n"
        "  FORMAT/GQ  .. Phred-scaled genotype quality (Number=1,Type=Integer)\n"
        "  FORMAT/GP  .. Phred-scaled genotype posterior probabilities (Number=G,Type=Float)\n"
        "\n");
}

static int parse_output_tags(const char *str)
{
    int flag = 0;
    const char *ss = str;
    while ( *ss )
    {
        const char *se = ss;
        while ( *se && *se!=',' ) se++;
        if ( !strncasecmp(ss,"GQ",se-ss) || !strncasecmp(ss,"FORMAT/GQ",se-ss) || !strncasecmp(ss,"FMT/GQ",se-ss)  ) flag |= CALL_FMT_GQ;
        else if ( !strncasecmp(ss,"GP",se-ss) || !strncasecmp(ss,"FORMAT/GP",se-ss) || !strncasecmp(ss,"FMT/GP",se-ss) ) flag |= CALL_FMT_GP;
        else if ( !strncasecmp(ss,"PV4",se-ss) || !strncasecmp(ss,"INFO/PV4",se-ss) ) flag |= CALL_FMT_PV4;
        else
        {
            fprintf(stderr,"Could not parse \"%s\"\n", str);
            exit(1);
        }
        if ( !*se ) break;
        ss = se + 1;
    }
    return flag;
}

static void set_ploidy(args_t *args, bcf1_t *rec)
{
    ploidy_query(args->ploidy,(char*)bcf_seqname(args->aux.hdr,rec),rec->pos,args->sex2ploidy,NULL,NULL);

    int i;
    for (i=0; i<args->nsex; i++)
        if ( args->sex2ploidy[i]!=args->sex2ploidy_prev[i] ) break;

    if ( i==args->nsex ) return;    // ploidy same as previously

    for (i=0; i<args->nsamples; i++)
    {
        if ( args->sample2sex[i]<0 )
            args->aux.ploidy[i] = -1*args->sample2sex[i];
        else
            args->aux.ploidy[i] = args->sex2ploidy[args->sample2sex[i]];
    }
    int *tmp = args->sex2ploidy; args->sex2ploidy = args->sex2ploidy_prev; args->sex2ploidy_prev = tmp;
}

ploidy_t *init_ploidy(char *alias)
{
    const ploidy_predef_t *pld = ploidy_predefs;

    int detailed = 0, len = strlen(alias);
    if ( alias[len-1]=='?' ) { detailed = 1; alias[len-1] = 0; }

    while ( pld->alias && strcasecmp(alias,pld->alias) ) pld++;

    if ( !pld->alias )
    {
        fprintf(stderr,"\nPRE-DEFINED PLOIDY FILES\n\n");
        fprintf(stderr," * Columns are: CHROM,FROM,TO,SEX,PLOIDY\n");
        fprintf(stderr," * Coordinates are 1-based inclusive.\n");
        fprintf(stderr," * A '*' means any value not otherwise defined.\n\n");
        pld = ploidy_predefs;
        while ( pld->alias )
        {
            fprintf(stderr,"%s\n   .. %s\n\n", pld->alias,pld->about);
            if ( detailed )
                fprintf(stderr,"%s\n", pld->ploidy);
            pld++;
        }
        fprintf(stderr,"Run as --ploidy <alias> (e.g. --ploidy GRCh37).\n");
        fprintf(stderr,"To see the detailed ploidy definition, append a question mark (e.g. --ploidy GRCh37?).\n");
        fprintf(stderr,"\n");
        exit(-1);
    }
    else if ( detailed )
    {
        fprintf(stderr,"%s", pld->ploidy);
        exit(-1);
    }
    return ploidy_init_string(pld->ploidy,2);
}

static void usage(args_t *args)
{
    fprintf(stderr, "\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "About:   SNP/indel variant calling from VCF/BCF. To be used in conjunction with bcftools mpileup.\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "         This command replaces the former \"bcftools view\" caller. Some of the original\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "         functionality has been temporarily lost in the process of transition to htslib,\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "         but will be added back on popular demand. The original calling model can be\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "         invoked with the -c option.\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "Usage:   bcftools call [options] <in.vcf.gz>\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "File format options:\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "       --no-version                Do not append version and command line to the header\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "   -o, --output FILE               Write output to a file [standard output]\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "   -O, --output-type b|u|z|v       Output type: 'b' compressed BCF; 'u' uncompressed BCF; 'z' compressed VCF; 'v' uncompressed VCF [v]\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "   -O, --output-type u|b|v|z[0-9]  u/b: un/compressed BCF, v/z: un/compressed VCF, 0-9: compression level [v]\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "       --ploidy ASSEMBLY[?]        Predefined ploidy, 'list' to print available settings, append '?' for details [2]\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "       --ploidy-file FILE          Space/tab-delimited list of CHROM,FROM,TO,SEX,PLOIDY\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "   -r, --regions REGION            Restrict to comma-separated list of regions\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "   -R, --regions-file FILE         Restrict to regions listed in a file\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "       --regions-overlap 0|1|2     Include if POS in the region (0), record overlaps (1), variant overlaps (2) [1]\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "   -s, --samples LIST              List of samples to include [all samples]\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "   -S, --samples-file FILE         PED file or a file with an optional column with sex (see man page for details) [all samples]\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "   -t, --targets REGION            Similar to -r but streams rather than index-jumps\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "   -T, --targets-file FILE         Similar to -R but streams rather than index-jumps\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "       --threads INT               Use multithreading with INT worker threads [0]\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "Input/output options:\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "   -A, --keep-alts                 Keep all possible alternate alleles at variant sites\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "   -*, --keep-unseen-allele        Keep the unobserved allele <*> or <NON_REF>\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "   -a, --annotate LIST             Optional tags to output (lowercase allowed); '?' to list available tags\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "   -F, --prior-freqs AN,AC         Use prior allele frequencies, determined from these pre-filled tags\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "   -G, --group-samples FILE|-      Group samples by population (file with \"sample\\tgroup\") or \"-\" for single-sample calling.\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "                                   This requires FORMAT/QS or other Number=R,Type=Integer tag such as FORMAT/AD\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "       --group-samples-tag TAG     The tag to use with -G, by default FORMAT/QS and FORMAT/AD are checked automatically\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "   -g, --gvcf INT,[...]            Group non-variant sites into gVCF blocks by minimum per-sample DP\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "   -i, --insert-missed             Output also sites missed by mpileup but present in -T\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "   -M, --keep-masked-ref           Keep sites with masked reference allele (REF=N)\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "   -V, --skip-variants TYPE        Skip indels/snps\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "   -v, --variants-only             Output variant sites only\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "       --verbosity INT             Verbosity level\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "   -W, --write-index[=FMT]         Automatically index the output files [off]\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "Consensus/variant calling options:\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "   -c, --consensus-caller          The original calling method (conflicts with -m)\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "   -C, --constrain STR             One of: alleles, trio (see manual)\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "   -m, --multiallelic-caller       Alternative model for multiallelic and rare-variant calling (conflicts with -c)\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "   -n, --novel-rate FLOAT,[...]    Likelihood of novel mutation for constrained trio calling, see man page for details [1e-8,1e-9,1e-9]\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "   -p, --pval-threshold FLOAT      Variant if P(ref|D)<FLOAT with -c [0.5]\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "   -P, --prior FLOAT               Mutation rate (use bigger for greater sensitivity), use with -m [1.1e-3]\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "Example:\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "   # See also http://samtools.github.io/bcftools/howtos/variant-calling.html\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "   bcftools mpileup -Ou -f reference.fa alignments.bam | bcftools call -mv -Ob -o calls.bcf\n");

    // todo (and more)
    // fprintf(stderr, "\nContrast calling and association test options:\n");
    // fprintf(stderr, "       -1 INT    number of group-1 samples [0]\n");
    // fprintf(stderr, "       -C FLOAT  posterior contrast for LRT<FLOAT and P(ref|D)<0.5 [%g]\n", args->aux.min_lrt);
    // fprintf(stderr, "       -U INT    number of permutations for association testing (effective with -1) [0]\n");
    // fprintf(stderr, "       -X FLOAT  only perform permutations for P(chi^2)<FLOAT [%g]\n", args->aux.min_perm_p);
    fprintf(stderr, "\n");
    exit(-1);
}

int main_vcfcall(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    char *ploidy_fname = NULL, *ploidy = NULL;
    args_t args;
    memset(&args, 0, sizeof(args_t));
    args.argc = argc; args.argv = argv;
    args.aux.prior_type = -1;
    args.aux.indel_frac = -1;
    args.aux.theta      = 1.1e-3;
    args.aux.pref       = 0.5;
    args.aux.min_perm_p = 0.01;
    args.aux.min_lrt    = 1;
    args.flag           = CF_ACGT_ONLY;
    args.output_fname   = "-";
    args.output_type    = FT_VCF;
    args.n_threads = 0;
    args.record_cmd_line = 1;
    args.aux.trio_Pm_SNPs = 1 - 1e-8;
    args.aux.trio_Pm_ins  = args.aux.trio_Pm_del  = 1 - 1e-9;
    args.regions_overlap = 1;
    args.clevel = -1;

    int c;
    static struct option loptions[] =
    {
        {"help",no_argument,NULL,'h'},
        {"format-fields",required_argument,NULL,'f'},
        {"annotate",required_argument,NULL,'a'},
        {"prior-freqs",required_argument,NULL,'F'},
        {"gvcf",required_argument,NULL,'g'},
        {"group-samples",required_argument,NULL,'G'},
        {"group-samples-tag",required_argument,NULL,3},
        {"output",required_argument,NULL,'o'},
        {"output-type",required_argument,NULL,'O'},
        {"regions",required_argument,NULL,'r'},
        {"regions-file",required_argument,NULL,'R'},
        {"regions-overlap",required_argument,NULL,4},
        {"samples",required_argument,NULL,'s'},
        {"samples-file",required_argument,NULL,'S'},
        {"targets",required_argument,NULL,'t'},
        {"targets-file",required_argument,NULL,'T'},
        {"threads",required_argument,NULL,9},
        {"keep-alts",no_argument,NULL,'A'},
        {"keep-unseen-allele",no_argument,NULL,'*'},
        {"insert-missed",no_argument,NULL,'i'},
        {"skip-Ns",no_argument,NULL,'N'},            // now the new default
        {"keep-masked-refs",no_argument,NULL,'M'},
        {"skip-variants",required_argument,NULL,'V'},
        {"variants-only",no_argument,NULL,'v'},
        {"consensus-caller",no_argument,NULL,'c'},
        {"constrain",required_argument,NULL,'C'},
        {"multiallelic-caller",no_argument,NULL,'m'},
        {"pval-threshold",required_argument,NULL,'p'},
        {"prior",required_argument,NULL,'P'},
        {"novel-rate",required_argument,NULL,'n'},
        {"ploidy",required_argument,NULL,1},
        {"ploidy-file",required_argument,NULL,2},
        {"chromosome-X",no_argument,NULL,'X'},
        {"chromosome-Y",no_argument,NULL,'Y'},
        {"no-version",no_argument,NULL,8},
        {"write-index",optional_argument,NULL,'W'},
        {"verbosity",required_argument,NULL,10},
        {NULL,0,NULL,0}
    };

    char *tmp = NULL;
    while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "h?o:O:r:R:s:S:t:T:A*NMV:vcmp:C:n:P:f:a:ig:XYF:G:W::", loptions, NULL)) >= 0)
    {
        switch (c)
        {
            case  2 : ploidy_fname = optarg; break;
            case  1 : ploidy = optarg; break;
            case 'X': ploidy = "X"; fprintf(stderr,"Warning: -X will be deprecated, please use --ploidy instead.\n"); break;
            case 'Y': ploidy = "Y"; fprintf(stderr,"Warning: -Y will be deprecated, please use --ploidy instead.\n"); break;
            case 'G': args.aux.sample_groups = optarg; break;
            case  3 : args.aux.sample_groups_tag = optarg; break;
            case 'f': fprintf(stderr,"Warning: -f, --format-fields will be deprecated, please use -a, --annotate instead.\n");
            case 'a':
                      if (optarg[0]=='?') { list_annotations(stderr); return 1; }
                      args.aux.output_tags |= parse_output_tags(optarg);
                      break;
            case 'M': args.flag &= ~CF_ACGT_ONLY; break;     // keep sites where REF is N
            case 'N': args.flag |= CF_ACGT_ONLY; break;      // omit sites where first base in REF is N (the new default)
            case 'A': args.aux.flag |= CALL_KEEPALT; break;
            case '*': args.aux.flag |= CALL_KEEP_UNSEEN; break;
            case 'c': args.flag |= CF_CCALL; break;          // the original EM based calling method
            case 'i': args.flag |= CF_INS_MISSED; break;
            case 'v': args.aux.flag |= CALL_VARONLY; break;
            case 'F':
                args.aux.prior_AN = optarg;
                args.aux.prior_AC = strchr(optarg,',');
                if ( !args.aux.prior_AC ) error("Expected two tags with -F (e.g. AN,AC), got \"%s\"\n",optarg);
                *args.aux.prior_AC = 0;
                args.aux.prior_AC++;
                break;
            case 'g':
                args.gvcf = gvcf_init(optarg);
                if ( !args.gvcf ) error("Could not parse: --gvcf %s\n", optarg);
                break;
            case 'o': args.output_fname = optarg; break;
            case 'O':
                      switch (optarg[0]) {
                          case 'b': args.output_type = FT_BCF_GZ; break;
                          case 'u': args.output_type = FT_BCF; break;
                          case 'z': args.output_type = FT_VCF_GZ; break;
                          case 'v': args.output_type = FT_VCF; break;
                          default:
                          {
                              args.clevel = strtol(optarg,&tmp,10);
                              if ( *tmp || args.clevel<0 || args.clevel>9 ) error("The output type \"%s\" not recognised\n", optarg);
                          }
                      }
                      if ( optarg[1] )
                      {
                          args.clevel = strtol(optarg+1,&tmp,10);
                          if ( *tmp || args.clevel<0 || args.clevel>9 ) error("Could not parse argument: --compression-level %s\n", optarg+1);
                      }
                      break;
            case 'C':
                      if ( !strcasecmp(optarg,"alleles") ) args.aux.flag |= CALL_CONSTR_ALLELES;
                      else if ( !strcasecmp(optarg,"trio") ) args.aux.flag |= CALL_CONSTR_TRIO;
                      else error("Unknown argument to -C: \"%s\"\n", optarg);
                      break;
            case 'V':
                      if ( !strcasecmp(optarg,"snps") ) args.flag |= CF_INDEL_ONLY;
                      else if ( !strcasecmp(optarg,"indels") ) args.flag |= CF_NO_INDEL;
                      else error("Unknown skip category \"%s\" (-S argument must be \"snps\" or \"indels\")\n", optarg);
                      break;
            case 'm': args.flag |= CF_MCALL; break;         // multiallelic calling method
            case 'p':
                args.aux.pref = strtod(optarg,&tmp);
                if ( *tmp ) error("Could not parse: --pval-threshold %s\n", optarg);
                break;
            case 'P': args.aux.theta = strtod(optarg,&tmp);
                      if ( *tmp ) error("Could not parse, expected float argument: -P %s\n", optarg);
                      break;
            case 'n': parse_novel_rate(&args,optarg); break;
            case 'r': args.regions = optarg; break;
            case 'R': args.regions = optarg; args.regions_is_file = 1; break;
            case 't': args.targets = optarg; break;
            case 'T': args.targets = optarg; args.targets_is_file = 1; break;
            case 's': args.samples_fname = optarg; break;
            case 'S': args.samples_fname = optarg; args.samples_is_file = 1; break;
            case  9 : args.n_threads = strtol(optarg, 0, 0); break;
            case  8 : args.record_cmd_line = 0; break;
            case  4 :
                args.regions_overlap = parse_overlap_option(optarg);
                if ( args.regions_overlap < 0 ) error("Could not parse: --regions-overlap %s\n",optarg);
                break;
            case 'W':
                if (!(args.write_index = write_index_parse(optarg)))
                    error("Unsupported index format '%s'\n", optarg);
                break;
            case 10:
                if ( apply_verbosity(optarg) < 0 ) error("Could not parse argument: --verbosity %s\n", optarg);
                break;
            default: usage(&args);
        }
    }
    // Sanity check options and initialize
    if ( ploidy_fname ) args.ploidy = ploidy_init(ploidy_fname, 2);
    else if ( ploidy ) args.ploidy = init_ploidy(ploidy);

    if ( optind>=argc )
    {
        if ( !isatty(fileno((FILE *)stdin)) ) args.bcf_fname = "-";  // reading from stdin
        else usage(&args);
    }
    else args.bcf_fname = argv[optind++];

    if ( !ploidy_fname && !ploidy )
    {
        if ( !args.samples_is_file ) fprintf(stderr,"Note: none of --samples-file, --ploidy or --ploidy-file given, assuming all sites are diploid\n");
        args.ploidy = ploidy_init_string("* * * 0 0\n* * * 1 1\n* * * 2 2\n",2);
    }

    if ( !args.ploidy ) error("Could not initialize ploidy\n");
    if ( (args.flag & CF_CCALL ? 1 : 0) + (args.flag & CF_MCALL ? 1 : 0) + (args.flag & CF_QCALL ? 1 : 0) > 1 ) error("Only one of -c or -m options can be given\n");
    if ( !(args.flag & CF_CCALL) && !(args.flag & CF_MCALL) && !(args.flag & CF_QCALL) ) error("Expected -c or -m option\n");
    if ( (args.flag & CF_CCALL ? 1: 0) && args.gvcf ) error("gvcf -g option not functional with -c calling mode yet\n");
    if ( args.aux.n_perm && args.aux.ngrp1_samples<=0 ) error("Expected -1 with -U\n");    // not sure about this, please fix
    if ( args.aux.flag & CALL_CONSTR_ALLELES )
    {
        if ( !args.targets ) error("Expected -t or -T with \"-C alleles\"\n");
        if ( !(args.flag & CF_MCALL) ) error("The \"-C alleles\" mode requires -m\n");
    }
    if ( args.flag & CF_INS_MISSED && !(args.aux.flag&CALL_CONSTR_ALLELES) ) error("The -i option requires -C alleles\n");
    if ( args.aux.flag&CALL_VARONLY && args.gvcf ) error("The two options cannot be combined: --variants-only and --gvcf\n");
    if ( args.aux.sample_groups && !(args.flag & CF_MCALL) ) error("The -G feature is supported only with the -m calling mode\n");
    init_data(&args);

    bcf1_t *bcf_rec;
    while ( (bcf_rec = next_line(&args)) )
    {
        // Skip duplicate positions with all matching `-C alleles -T` used up
        if ( args.aux.flag&CALL_CONSTR_ALLELES && !args.aux.tgt_als ) continue;

        // Skip unwanted sites
        int i, is_indel = bcf_is_snp(bcf_rec) ? 0 : 1;
        if ( (args.flag & CF_INDEL_ONLY) && !is_indel ) continue;
        if ( (args.flag & CF_NO_INDEL) && is_indel ) continue;
        if ( (args.flag & CF_ACGT_ONLY) && (bcf_rec->d.allele[0][0]=='N' || bcf_rec->d.allele[0][0]=='n') ) continue;   // REF[0] is 'N'

        // Which allele is symbolic? All SNPs should have it, but not indels
        args.aux.unseen = 0;
        for (i=1; i<bcf_rec->n_allele; i++)
        {
            if ( bcf_rec->d.allele[i][0]=='X' ) { args.aux.unseen = i; break; }  // old X
            if ( bcf_rec->d.allele[i][0]=='<' )
            {
                if ( bcf_rec->d.allele[i][1]=='X' && bcf_rec->d.allele[i][2]=='>' ) { args.aux.unseen = i; break; } // old <X>
                if ( bcf_rec->d.allele[i][1]=='*' && bcf_rec->d.allele[i][2]=='>' ) { args.aux.unseen = i; break; } // new <*>
            }
        }
        int is_ref = (bcf_rec->n_allele==1 || (bcf_rec->n_allele==2 && args.aux.unseen>0)) ? 1 : 0;

        if ( is_ref && args.aux.flag&CALL_VARONLY )
            continue;

        bcf_unpack(bcf_rec, BCF_UN_ALL);
        if ( args.nsex ) set_ploidy(&args, bcf_rec);

        // Various output modes: QCall output (todo)
        if ( args.flag & CF_QCALL )
        {
            qcall(&args.aux, bcf_rec);
            continue;
        }

        if ( args.flag & CF_INS_MISSED )
        {
            tgt_flush(&args,bcf_rec);
            if ( !args.tgt_itr_prev ) args.tgt_itr_prev = regitr_init(args.tgt_idx);
            regitr_copy(args.tgt_itr_prev, args.tgt_itr);
        }

        // Calling modes which output VCFs
        int ret;
        if ( args.flag & CF_MCALL )
            ret = mcall(&args.aux, bcf_rec);
        else
            ret = ccall(&args.aux, bcf_rec);
        if ( ret==-1 ) error("Something is wrong\n");
        else if ( ret==-2 ) continue;   // skip the site

        // Normal output
        if ( (args.aux.flag & CALL_VARONLY) && ret==0 && !args.gvcf ) continue;     // not a variant
        if ( args.gvcf )
            bcf_rec = gvcf_write(args.gvcf, args.out_fh, args.aux.hdr, bcf_rec, ret==1?1:0);
        if ( bcf_rec && bcf_write1(args.out_fh, args.aux.hdr, bcf_rec)!=0 ) error("[%s] Error: failed to write to %s\n", __func__,args.output_fname);
    }
    if ( args.gvcf ) gvcf_write(args.gvcf, args.out_fh, args.aux.hdr, NULL, 0);
    if ( args.flag & CF_INS_MISSED ) tgt_flush(&args,NULL);
    destroy_data(&args);
    return 0;
}