parse_gff.py

from functools import lru_cache
import pandas as pd

@lru_cache(maxsize=128)
def parse_gff(gff_fp):
    df = pd.read_csv(
        gff_fp, 
        sep="\t", 
        comment="#", 
        header=None,
        names=[
            "seqname",
            "source",
            "feature",
            "start",
            "end",
            "score",
            "strand",
            "frame",
            "attribute",
        ]
    )
    return df