[Biopython-dev] Changing run_tests.py (Galaxy package inspired)

[Vincent Davis]

On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 10:11 AM, Peter Cock <p.j.a.cock at googlemail.com>
 wrote:

> I'm not sure what you mean by "an external module" here,
> could you expand on this?
>

It is always so clear in my mind.
Currently AFAIK the check for the external dependencies is in each test
file. I am suggesting moving them out of the test files into something more
available to users.
>>> from Bio import externalcheck as ec
>>> ec.check('ClustalW
<http://biopython.org/DIST/docs/tutorial/Tutorial.html#htoc80>')
True

>>> ec.which('ClustalW
<http://biopython.org/DIST/docs/tutorial/Tutorial.html#htoc80>')
path/to/ClustalW
<http://biopython.org/DIST/docs/tutorial/Tutorial.html#htoc80>

The all this logic is available outside of the tests and maintained in one
place.





Vincent Davis
720-301-3003
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