[SciPy-Dev] adding test to test_random.py

[Robert Kern]

On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 20:13, Vincent Davis <vincent at vincentdavis.net> wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 7:07 PM, Robert Kern <robert.kern at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 20:03, Vincent Davis <vincent at vincentdavis.net> wrote:
>>> On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 6:36 PM, Robert Kern <robert.kern at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 19:23, Vincent Davis <vincent at vincentdavis.net> wrote:
>>>>> Thanks for the recommendations, how do I run the test in a more
>>>>> verbose way. I am google how to do this now.
>>>>
>>>> np.test(verbose=2)
>>>
>>> The only test with random in it is
>>> test_random (test_function_base.TestDigitize) ... ok
>>> Which is not part of test_random.py file. ie I see no evidence that is
>>> being run.
>>>
>>> So I assume I am still missing something ???
>>
>> Your methods are named "test_rand" and "test_randn". They don't have
>> the string "random" in them.
>
> I should have been more clear I could not find , test_rand and
> test_randn nor the test_gaussian_reset or other which are in the
> original test_random.py file. I was searching  the output from running
> np.random.test(verbose=2)

If the methods have docstrings, those are printed instead of the name
of the method.

[~]$ python -c "import numpy;numpy.random.test(verbose=2)"
Running unit tests for numpy.random
NumPy version 1.4.0
NumPy is installed in
/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/6.1/lib/python2.6/site-packages/numpy
Python version 2.6.4 |EPD 6.1-1 (32-bit)| (r264:75706, Dec 11 2009,
10:58:54) [GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Inc. build 5465)]
nose version 0.11.1
test_basic (test_random.TestMultinomial) ... ok
test_int_negative_interval (test_random.TestMultinomial) ... ok
test_zero_probability (test_random.TestMultinomial) ... ok
Make sure generated random variables are in [-pi, pi]. ... ok
Test for ticket #921 ... ok
Test for ticket #923 ... ok
Make sure we can accept old state tuples that do not have the cached ... ok
test_basic (test_random.TestSetState) ... ok
Make sure the cached every-other-Gaussian is reset. ... ok
When the state is saved with a cached Gaussian, make sure the cached ... ok
Ensure that the negative binomial results take floating point ... ok

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ran 11 tests in 0.054s

OK

-- 
Robert Kern

"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless
enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as
though it had an underlying truth."
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