{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/754","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/754/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/754/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/754/events","html_url":"https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/754","id":132536288,"number":754,"title":"Expose testing methods","user":{"login":"spencerahill","id":6200806,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6200806?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/spencerahill","html_url":"https://github.com/spencerahill","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/spencerahill/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/spencerahill/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/spencerahill/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/spencerahill/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/spencerahill/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/spencerahill/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/spencerahill/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/spencerahill/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/spencerahill/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":5,"created_at":"2016-02-09T21:16:25Z","updated_at":"2016-04-03T21:59:39Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Similar to numpy's [numpy.testing](http://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy/reference/routines.testing.html) module, I would find it useful for xarray to expose some of its testing methods, particularly those in its base [TestCase](https://github.com/pydata/xarray/blob/master/xarray/test/__init__.py#L129).\r\n\r\nI imagine other folks whose packages and/or modules derive heavily from xarray would find this useful too.  For now I am just copy-pasting xarray's code for these methods into my testing modules."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/comments/205062093","html_url":"https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/754#issuecomment-205062093","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/754","id":205062093,"user":{"login":"spencerahill","id":6200806,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6200806?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/spencerahill","html_url":"https://github.com/spencerahill","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/spencerahill/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/spencerahill/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/spencerahill/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/spencerahill/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/spencerahill/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/spencerahill/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/spencerahill/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/spencerahill/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/spencerahill/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-04-03T21:59:39Z","updated_at":"2016-04-03T21:59:39Z","body":"Thanks for the ping.  Sorry, I haven't.  I'm actually submitting my PhD thesis in ~2 months and then defending it this summer, so I won't be able to help much until August or September.  So by all means, go for it."}}