Merge pull request #773 from apdavison/enhance-translation

ok, I thought this was a standalone PR, but some Brian2 tests will fail until the matching changes are made. Merging anyway, essentially for documentation purposes.

Author: apdavison

pyNN/standardmodels/__init__.py

@@ -36,6 +36,14 @@
 # ==============================================================================
 
 
+def build_scaling_functions(pynn_name, sim_name, scale_factor):
+    def f(**p):
+        return p[pynn_name] * scale_factor
+    def g(**p):
+        return p[sim_name] / scale_factor
+    return f, g
+
+
 def build_translations(*translation_list):
     """
     Build a translation dictionary from a list of translations/transformations.
@@ -49,16 +57,19 @@ def build_translations(*translation_list):
         if len(item) == 2:  # no transformation
             f = pynn_name
             g = sim_name
+            type_ = "simple"
         elif len(item) == 3:  # simple multiplicative factor
             scale_factor = item[2]
-            f = "float(%g)*%s" % (scale_factor, pynn_name)
-            g = "%s/float(%g)" % (sim_name, scale_factor)
+            f, g = build_scaling_functions(pynn_name, sim_name, scale_factor)
+            type_ = "scaled"
         elif len(item) == 4:  # more complex transformation
             f = item[2]
             g = item[3]
+            type_ = "computed"
         translations[pynn_name] = {'translated_name': sim_name,
                                    'forward_transform': f,
-                                   'reverse_transform': g}
+                                   'reverse_transform': g,
+                                   'type': type_}
     return translations
 
 
@@ -133,21 +144,19 @@ def simple_parameters(self):
         """Return a list of parameters for which there is a one-to-one
         correspondance between standard and native parameter values."""
         return [name for name in self.translations
-                if self.translations[name]['forward_transform'] == name]
+                if self.translations[name]['type'] == "simple"]
 
     def scaled_parameters(self):
         """Return a list of parameters for which there is a unit change between
         standard and native parameter values."""
-        def scaling(trans):
-            return (not callable(trans)) and ("float" in trans)
         return [name for name in self.translations
-                if scaling(self.translations[name]['forward_transform'])]
+                if self.translations[name]['type'] == "scaled"]
 
     def computed_parameters(self):
         """Return a list of parameters whose values must be computed from
         more than one other parameter."""
         return [name for name in self.translations
-                if name not in self.simple_parameters() + self.scaled_parameters()]
+                if self.translations[name]['type'] == "computed"]
 
     def computed_parameters_include(self, parameter_names):
         return any(name in self.computed_parameters() for name in parameter_names)
@@ -203,12 +212,13 @@ def __getattr__(self, name):
                       "e.g. source.amplitude = 0.5, or use 'set_parameters()' " \
                       "e.g. source.set_parameters(amplitude=0.5)"
             raise AttributeError(err_msg)
+
         try:
-            val = self.__getattribute__(name)
-        except AttributeError:
+            val = self.get_parameters()[name]
+        except KeyError:
             try:
-                val = self.get_parameters()[name]
-            except KeyError:
+                val = self.__getattribute__(name)
+            except AttributeError:
                 raise errors.NonExistentParameterError(name,
                                                        self.__class__.__name__,
                                                        self.get_parameter_names())

test/unittests/test_standardmodels.py

@@ -18,13 +18,15 @@ def test_build_translations():
         ('c', 'C', 'c + a', 'C - A')
     )
     assert set(t.keys()) == set(['a', 'b', 'c'])
-    assert set(t['a'].keys()) == set(['translated_name', 'forward_transform', 'reverse_transform'])
+    assert set(t['a'].keys()) == set(['translated_name', 'forward_transform', 'reverse_transform', 'type'])
     assert t['a']['translated_name'] == 'A'
     assert t['a']['forward_transform'] == 'a'
     assert t['a']['reverse_transform'] == 'A'
     assert t['b']['translated_name'] == 'B'
-    assert t['b']['forward_transform'] == 'float(1000)*b'
-    assert t['b']['reverse_transform'] == 'B/float(1000)'
+    assert callable(t['b']['forward_transform'])
+    assert t['b']['forward_transform'](b=7) == 7000
+    assert callable(t['b']['reverse_transform'])
+    assert t['b']['reverse_transform'](B=7000) == 7
     assert t['c']['translated_name'] == 'C'
     assert t['c']['forward_transform'] == 'c + a'
     assert t['c']['reverse_transform'] == 'C - A'