[Biopython-dev] Biopython under PyPy

[Eric Talevich]

On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 6:13 PM, Eric Talevich <eric.talevich at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 12:33 PM, Peter Cock <p.j.a.cock at googlemail.com>wrote:
>
>>
>> We're down to these failures,
>>
>> test_CAPS.py
>> test_Pathway.py
>> test_Restriction.py
>> test_SeqIO_index.py - leaking handles
>>
>> I'll look at test_SeqIO_index.py a bit more, but the others
>> are more curious. They could indicate some fragile code
>> in Biopython which is implementation specific, or perhaps
>> they hit a bug in PyPy. Is anyone interested in finding out?
>>
>> Otherwise we can skip them for now, so that the whole
>> test suite passes, and get PyPy added to the BuildBot
>> for nightly regression testing.
>>
>
> I could take a look at test_Restriction.py this weekend, I think.
>
>
I think it could be a bug in PyPy, but I'm not sure.

The underlying error in test_Restriction and test_CAPS is triggered by
"import Bio.Restriction.Restriction":

Traceback:
[...]
    super(RestrictionType, cls).__init__(cls, name, bases, dct)
TypeError: unbound method __init__() must be called with BssMI instance as
first argument (got RestrictionType instance instead)


Adding a print statement before the failing line:

        print cls, name, isinstance(cls, RestrictionType)
        super(RestrictionType, cls).__init__(cls, name, bases, dct)

Gives:

BssMI BssMI True
[the same error...]

I'm not even sure how to turn this into a simple test case for the PyPy
folks to look at. Anyone else want to take a crack at it? The fun starts
near the bottom of Bio/Restriction/Restriction.py -- search for the word
"magic".


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straining in its own direction, have hitherto harmed us little; but some day
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All the best,
Eric