Nose tests decorators

A nose is an organ above the mouth that is used by humans and animals to breathe and smell. It is also a Python framework that makes (unit) testing easier. Nose helps you organize tests. According to the nose documentation: "any python source file, directory, or package that matches the testMatch regular expression (by default: (?:^|[b_.-])[Tt]est) will be collected as a test". Nose makes extensive use of decorators. Python decorators are annotations that indicate something about a method or a function. The numpy.testing module has a number of decorators:

Decorator	Description
numpy.testing.decorators.deprecated	Filters deprecation warnings when running tests.
numpy.testing.decorators.knownfailureif	Raises KnownFailureTest exception based on a condition.
numpy.testing.decorators.setastest	Marks a function as being a test or not being a test.
numpy.testing.decorators.skipif	Raises SkipTest exception based on a condition.
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