def use_astropy_helpers(**kwargs):
 global BOOTSTRAPPER
 config = BOOTSTRAPPER.config
 config.update(**kwargs)
 BOOTSTRAPPER = _Bootstrapper(**config)
 BOOTSTRAPPER.run()

def use_astropy_helpers ( ** kwargs ) : global BOOTSTRAPPER config = BOOTSTRAPPER . config config . update ( ** kwargs ) BOOTSTRAPPER = _Bootstrapper ( ** config ) BOOTSTRAPPER . run ( )
ensure that the astropy_helpers module is available and is importable .