python - Is there a test suite for numpy / scipy?

Question

I'm about to reinstall numpy and scipy on my Ubuntu Lucid. As these things carry quite a few dependencies, I'm wondering if there is a comprehensive test suite to check if the new install really works.

Of course, I can just take a bunch of my scripts and run them one by one to see if they keep working, but that won't guard against a situation where at some point in the future I'll try to use something I didn't use before and it'll break (or, worse, silently produce nonsence).

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9200727/is-there-a-test-suite-for-numpy-scipy

Answer 1

Yes. Both packages have a test method for this.

import numpy
numpy.test('full')

import scipy
scipy.test('full')

Note that if you do not have nose installed, it will tell you that you need it.