lsst.utils¶

The lsst.utils module provides common code for tests, interfacing between C++ and Python, and debugging.

Contributing¶

lsst.utils is developed at https://github.com/lsst/utils. You can find Jira issues for this module under the utils component.

`continueClass`(cls)	Re-open the decorated class, adding any new definitions into the original.
`demangleType`(arg0)
`deprecate_pybind11`(obj, reason[, category])	Deprecate a pybind11-wrapped C++ interface function, method or class.
`doImport`(importable)	Import a python object given an importable string and return it.
`getPackageDir`(arg0)
`get_caller_name`([skip])	Get the name of the caller method.
`inClass`(cls[, name])	Add the decorated function to the given class as a method.
`inheritDoc`(klass)	Extends existing documentation for a method that exists in another class and extend it with any additional documentation defined.

A metaclass for abstract base classes that tie together wrapped C++ template types.

`init`()	Initialize the memory tester and file descriptor leak tester.
`getTempFilePath`(ext[, expectOutput])	Return a path suitable for a temporary file and try to delete the file on success
`assertFloatsAlmostEqual`(testCase, lhs, rhs)	Highly-configurable floating point comparisons for scalars and arrays.
`assertFloatsNotEqual`(testCase, lhs, rhs, **kwds)	Fail a test if the given floating point values are equal to within the given tolerances.
`assertFloatsEqual`(testCase, lhs, rhs, **kwargs)	Assert that lhs == rhs (both numeric types, whether scalar or array).
`debugger`(*exceptions)	Decorator to enter the debugger when there’s an uncaught exception
`classParameters`(**settings)	Class decorator for generating unit tests
`methodParameters`(**settings)	Method decorator for unit tests

`MemoryTestCase`([methodName])	Check for resource leaks.
`ExecutablesTestCase`([methodName])	Test that executables can be run and return good status.
`TestCase`([methodName])	Subclass of unittest.TestCase that adds some custom assertions for convenience.