[Biopython-dev] docstring tests

Peter biopython at maubp.freeserve.co.uk
Wed Feb 11 14:41:07 UTC 2009


On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 2:25 PM, Andrew Dalke <dalke at dalkescientific.com> wrote:
> On Feb 11, 2009, at 2:16 PM, Peter wrote:
>>
>> BioSQL is a special case - we can't have doctests which will work on
>> every machine unless the user has installed particular database (e.g.
>> MySQL), using particular database names, usernames and passwords.
>
> Python comes with SQLite. The distribution could ship/install
> a small test database with a known schema.

Python 2.5+ comes with SQLite, but there isn't (yet) a BioSQL schema
for it.  That would be nice though, and could make running Biopython
and BioSQL easier.

Peter



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