[Biopython-dev] Unit tests for deprecated modules?

[Peter]

On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 8:41 PM, Peter<biopython at maubp.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> Last year we talked about what to do with the unit tests for deprecated modules,
> http://lists.open-bio.org/pipermail/biopython-dev/2008-August/004137.html
> ...
> I'd like to suggest a third option: Keep the tests for deprecated
> modules, but silence the deprecation warning. e.g. make
> test_Fasta.py silence the Bio.Fasta deprecation warning.

I've done that in CVS as a proof of principle, replacing:

from Bio import Fasta

with:

import warnings
warnings.filterwarnings("ignore", category=DeprecationWarning)
from Bio import Fasta
warnings.resetwarnings()

There may be a more elegant way to do this, but it works.

Peter