Method test00_leafs

bench/widetree.py:17–70

Checking creation of large number of leafs (1024) per group. Variable 'maxchilds' controls this check. PyTables support up to 4096 childs per group, but this would take too much memory (up to 64 MB) for testing purposes (may be we can add a test for big platforms). A

(self)

    """Checks for maximum number of childs for a Group."""

    def test00_leafs(self):
        """Checking creation of large number of leafs (1024) per group.

        Variable 'maxchilds' controls this check. PyTables support up to
        4096 childs per group, but this would take too much memory (up
        to 64 MB) for testing purposes (may be we can add a test for big
        platforms). A 1024 childs run takes up to 30 MB. A 512 childs
        test takes around 25 MB.

        """

        maxchilds = 1000
        if verbose:
            print("\n", "-=" * 30)
            print("Running %s.test00_wideTree..." % self.__class__.__name__)
            print("Maximum number of childs tested :", maxchilds)
        # Open a new empty HDF5 file
        # file = tempfile.mktemp(".h5")
        file = "test_widetree.h5"

        fileh = tb.open_file(file, mode="w")
        if verbose:
            print("Children writing progress: ", end=" ")
        for child in range(maxchilds):
            if verbose:
                print("%3d," % (child), end=" ")
            a = [1, 1]
            fileh.create_group(
                fileh.root, "group" + str(child), "child: %d" % child
            )
            fileh.create_array(
                "/group" + str(child),
                "array" + str(child),
                a,
                "child: %d" % child,
            )
        if verbose:
            print()
        # Close the file
        fileh.close()

        t1 = clock()
        # Open the previous HDF5 file in read-only mode
        fileh = tb.open_file(file, mode="r")
        print(
            "\nTime spent opening a file with %d groups + %d arrays: "
            "%s s" % (maxchilds, maxchilds, clock() - t1)
        )
        if verbose:
            print("\nChildren reading progress: ", end=" ")
        # Close the file
        fileh.close()
        # Then, delete the file
        # os.remove(file)

    def test01_wide_tree(self):
        """Checking creation of large number of groups (1024) per group.