Source code for nest.tests.test_sp.test_enable_multithread

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
#
# test_enable_multithread.py
#
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import nest
import unittest

__author__ = 'sdiaz'

# Structural plasticity currently does not work with multiple threads.
# An exception should be rised if structural plasticity is enabled
# and multiple threads are set, or if multiple threads are set and
# the enable_structural_plasticity function is called.

HAVE_OPENMP = nest.sli_func("is_threaded")


@unittest.skipIf(not HAVE_OPENMP, 'NEST was compiled without multi-threading')
class TestEnableMultithread(unittest.TestCase):

    def setUp(self):
        nest.ResetKernel()
        nest.set_verbosity('M_ERROR')

    def test_enable_multithread(self):

        nest.ResetKernel()
        nest.EnableStructuralPlasticity()
        # Setting multiple threads when structural plasticity is enabled should
        # throw an exception
        with self.assertRaises(nest.NESTError):
            nest.SetKernelStatus(
                {
                    'local_num_threads': 2
                }
            )

    def test_multithread_enable(self):
        nest.ResetKernel()
        nest.SetKernelStatus(
            {
                'local_num_threads': 2
            }
        )
        # Setting multiple threads when structural plasticity is enabled should
        # throw an exception
        with self.assertRaises(nest.NESTError):
            nest.EnableStructuralPlasticity()


def suite():
    test_suite = unittest.makeSuite(TestEnableMultithread, 'test')
    return test_suite


if __name__ == '__main__':
    unittest.main()