run_test_equivalent_calls

plasmapy.utils.pytest_helpers.pytest_helpers.run_test_equivalent_calls(*test_inputs, require_same_type: bool = True)

Test that different functions/inputs return equivalent results.

Parameters

  • test_inputs – The functions and inputs to the tests in an allowed format, as described below.

  • require_same_type (bool) – If True (the default), then all of the results are required to be of the same type. If False, results do not need to be of the same type (e.g., cases like 1.0 == 1 will not raise an exception).

Raises

  • UnexpectedResultFail – If not all of the results are equivalent, or not all of the results are of the same type and require_same_type evaluates to True.

  • UnexpectedExceptionFail – If an exception is raised whilst attempting to run one of the test cases.

  • InvalidTestError – If there is an error associated with the inputs or the test is set up incorrectly.

Examples

There are several possible formats that can be accepted by this run_test_equivalent_calls to test that different combinations of functions (or other callable objects), positional arguments, and keyword arguments return equivalent results.

To test a single function that takes a single positional argument, then test_inputs may be the function followed by an arbitrary number of positional arguments to be included into the function.

>>> def f(x): return x ** 2
>>> run_test_equivalent_calls(f, -1, 1)

To test a single function with an arbitrary number of positional and keyword arguments, the first argument should be the function, followed by an arbitrary number of tuple or list objects that contain a tuple or list containing the positional arguments, and a dict containing the keyword arguments.

>>> def g(x, y, z): return x + y + z
>>> run_test_equivalent_calls(g, ((1, 2, 3), {}), ((3, 2), {'z': 1}))

If there is only one positional argument, then it is not necessary to include it in a tuple or list.

>>> run_test_equivalent_calls(f, ([1], {}), ([1], {}))
>>> run_test_equivalent_calls(f, (1, {}), (1, {}))

To test multiple functions with an arbitrary number of positional and keyword arguments, use a series of tuple or list objects that contain the function for each test, a tuple or list with the positional arguments, and a dict with the keyword arguments.

>>> def p(x, y=None): return x + y if y else x
>>> def q(x, y=None): return x + 1 if y else x

>>> run_test_equivalent_calls([p, (1,), {'y': 1}], [q, (2,), {'y': False}])

The inputs may also be passed in as a whole as a tuple or list.

>>> run_test_equivalent_calls(f, -1, 1)
>>> run_test_equivalent_calls([f, -1, 1])

If require_same_type is False, then an exception will not be raised if the results are of different types.

>>> run_test_equivalent_calls(f, -1, 1.0, require_same_type=False)