# monty.dev module

This module implements several useful functions and decorators that can be particularly useful for developers. E.g., deprecating methods / classes, etc.

## monty.dev.deprecated(replacement=None, message=None, category=<class ‘FutureWarning’>)

Decorator to mark classes or functions as deprecated, with a possible replacement.

- Parameters

  - replacement (callable) – A replacement class or method.

  - message (str) – A warning message to be displayed.

  - category (Warning) – Choose the category of the warning to issue. Defaults to FutureWarning. Another choice can be DeprecationWarning. Note that FutureWarning is meant for end users and is always shown unless silenced. DeprecationWarning is meant for developers and is never shown unless python is run in developmental mode or the filter is changed. Make the choice accordingly.

- Returns Original function, but with a warning to use the updated class.

## monty.dev.install_excepthook(hook_type=’color’, **kwargs)

This function replaces the original python traceback with an improved version from Ipython. Use color for colourful traceback formatting, verbose for Ka-Ping Yee’s “cgitb.py” version kwargs are the keyword arguments passed to the constructor. See IPython.core.ultratb.py for more info.

- Returns 0 if hook is installed successfully.

## class monty.dev.requires(condition, message)

Bases: `object`

Decorator to mark classes or functions as requiring a specified condition to be true. This can be used to present useful error messages for optional dependencies. For example, decorating the following code will check if scipy is present and if not, a runtime error will be raised if someone attempts to call the use_scipy function:

    try:
        import scipy
    except ImportError:
        scipy = None

    @requires(scipy is not None, "scipy is not present.")
    def use_scipy():
        print(scipy.majver)

- Parameters

  - condition – Condition necessary to use the class or function.

  - message – A message to be displayed if the condition is not True.

  - condition – A expression returning a bool.

  - message – Message to display if condition is False.