docs: def original_query_sequence_length(self):
      """Similar to get_get_query_sequence_length, but it also includes
      hard clipped bases
      if there is no cigar, then default to trying the sequence
  
      :return: the length of the query before any clipping
      :rtype: int
      """
      if not self.is_aligned() or not self.entries.cigar:
        return self.query_sequence_length # take the naive approach
      # we are here with something aligned so take more intelligent cigar apporach
      return sum([x[0] for x in self.cigar_array if re.match('[HMIS=X]',x[1])])