Properly raise a NotImplementedError if trying to use the not yet implemented...

Properly raise a NotImplementedError if trying to use the not yet implemented stabilization procedure and test for this

Exclude parameters with explicit paths from label determination of classes because they might differ between systems

multiarea_model/multiarea_model.py

@@ -136,7 +136,8 @@ class MultiAreaModel:
             self.K = ind
         else:
             if self.params['connection_params']['K_stable'] is True:
-                print('Stabilization procedure has to be integrated.')
+                raise NotImplementedError('Stabilization procedure has '
+                                          'to be integrated.')
             elif isinstance(self.params['connection_params']['K_stable'], np.ndarray):
                 raise ValueError("Not supported. Please store the "
                                  "matrix in a file and define the path to the file as "
@@ -160,7 +161,14 @@ class MultiAreaModel:
         self.label = dicthash.generate_hash_from_dict({'params': self.params,
                                                        'K': self.K,
                                                        'N': self.N,
-                                                       'structure': self.structure})
+                                                       'structure': self.structure},
+                                                      blacklist=[('params', 'fullscale_rates'),
+                                                                 ('params',
+                                                                  'connection_params',
+                                                                  'K_stable'),
+                                                                 ('params',
+                                                                  'connection_params',
+                                                                  'replace_cc_input_source')])
 
         if isinstance(network_spec, dict):
             parameter_fn = os.path.join(base_path,

tests/test_stabilization.py

+from multiarea_model import MultiAreaModel
+import pytest
+
+
+def test_meanfield():
+    """
+    Test stabilization procedure. Since this algorithm is not
+    implemented yet, we here test if this properly raises a
+    NotImplementedError.
+    """
+
+    network_params = {'connection_params': {'K_stable': True}}
+    theory_params = {}
+    with pytest.raises(NotImplementedError):
+        MultiAreaModel(network_params, theory=True, theory_spec=theory_params)