test: add pytest contract suite (57 tests) and fix two silent runtime bugs - #2
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- Add a pytest suite (57 tests) covering the behavioral contracts of the
public API surface: DataProcessor, handle_missing_values, FeatureEngineer,
ClusteringSystem, Classifier, ModelEvaluator, DataExplorer, Config, and the
utils helpers (feature type detection, memory optimization, model IO).
- fix(utils): handle_missing_values silently no-ops on pandas >= 3.0 because
ChainedAssignmentError is raised by fillna(inplace=True) on a chained
Series; missing values are never actually filled. Assign the fill result
back to the column instead.
- fix(models): ClusteringSystem.fit() compares algorithm names with
lowercase constants, so any mixed-case name ('KMeans', 'GMM', ...)
passes silently with empty results and a failing predict(). Normalize
algorithm names to lowercase before dispatch.
- fix(models): raise a clear ValueError when the derived
n_clusters_range is empty for small datasets instead of returning an
unfitted, silent object.
- Add GitHub Actions CI workflow (Python 3.10-3.12), CONTRIBUTING.md, and
requirements-test.txt to formalize how the project is tested.
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe change adds contract tests across core MLTools components, strengthens clustering validation, updates missing-value assignment without changing its fill strategy, adds pytest as a test dependency, and documents contributor workflows. ChangesContract testing and validation
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The PR adds valuable regression coverage and fixes runtime behavior, but one clustering test currently fails before validating the small-dataset guard because it uses an undeclared fixture. The test must be corrected before the PR is merge-ready; the remaining issues are bounded documentation and test-quality follow-ups. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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In `@CONTRIBUTING.md`:
- Around line 11-14: Update the virtual-environment setup instructions around
the activation command to provide a valid Windows activation command alongside
the existing Unix command, while preserving the dependency installation steps.
In `@tests/test_evaluation_exploration_utils.py`:
- Around line 103-110: Strengthen test_generate_report_keys by asserting that
the dictionary returned from DataExplorer.generate_report contains the required
fields shape, summary_statistics, and feature_types, while retaining the
existing type assertion.
In `@tests/test_feature_engineering.py`:
- Around line 41-46: Strengthen both tests in
tests/test_feature_engineering.py:41-46 and
tests/test_feature_engineering.py:87-89. In the test using
engineer.create_interaction_features, assert the documented pairwise interaction
columns for the three input features rather than only row preservation and a
non-decreasing column count. In the PCA test, assert the documented component
column names and exact component count; no other sites require changes.
In `@tests/test_models.py`:
- Around line 132-142: Update test_small_dataset_cluster_range_guard to accept
fast_config as a pytest fixture parameter in its function signature, so the
existing ClusteringSystem setup uses the injected fixture and reaches the
intended ValueError assertion.
- Around line 127-130: Update test_predict_before_fit_raises to expect
ValueError specifically and assert the documented error message from
ClusteringSystem.predict when called before fitting, instead of accepting any
Exception.
In `@tests/test_preprocessing.py`:
- Line 112: Update the split_data unpacking in the test to bind the unused
fourth return value to _ instead of y_test, preserving the existing X_train,
X_test, and y_train bindings.
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| python -m venv venv | ||
| source venv/bin/activate # Windows: venv\Scripts\activate | ||
| pip install -r requirements.txt | ||
| pip install -r requirements-test.txt |
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Provide a Windows activation command.
Line 12 shows a Windows path, but the command still uses the Unix-only source syntax. Windows contributors cannot use this command as written.
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python -m venv venv
-source venv/bin/activate # Windows: venv\Scripts\activate
+# macOS/Linux:
+source venv/bin/activate
+# Windows PowerShell:
+.\venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1
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| python -m venv venv | |
| source venv/bin/activate # Windows: venv\Scripts\activate | |
| pip install -r requirements.txt | |
| pip install -r requirements-test.txt | |
| python -m venv venv | |
| # macOS/Linux: | |
| source venv/bin/activate | |
| # Windows PowerShell: | |
| .\venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1 | |
| pip install -r requirements.txt | |
| pip install -r requirements-test.txt |
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In `@CONTRIBUTING.md` around lines 11 - 14, Update the virtual-environment setup
instructions around the activation command to provide a valid Windows activation
command alongside the existing Unix command, while preserving the dependency
installation steps.
| def test_generate_report_keys(self): | ||
| data = pd.DataFrame( | ||
| {"a": [1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0], "b": [4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0], "target": [0, 1, 0, 1]} | ||
| ) | ||
| explorer = DataExplorer(data.drop(columns=["target"])) | ||
| report = explorer.generate_report() | ||
| assert isinstance(report, dict) | ||
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Assert the report schema.
This test passes when generate_report() returns any dictionary. It does not detect removal of required report fields such as shape, summary_statistics, or feature_types.
Proposed fix
report = explorer.generate_report()
assert isinstance(report, dict)
+ assert {
+ "shape",
+ "summary_statistics",
+ "missing_values",
+ "correlation_matrix",
+ "feature_types",
+ "memory_usage_mb",
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| def test_generate_report_keys(self): | |
| data = pd.DataFrame( | |
| {"a": [1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0], "b": [4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0], "target": [0, 1, 0, 1]} | |
| ) | |
| explorer = DataExplorer(data.drop(columns=["target"])) | |
| report = explorer.generate_report() | |
| assert isinstance(report, dict) | |
| def test_generate_report_keys(self): | |
| data = pd.DataFrame( | |
| {"a": [1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0], "b": [4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0], "target": [0, 1, 0, 1]} | |
| ) | |
| explorer = DataExplorer(data.drop(columns=["target"])) | |
| report = explorer.generate_report() | |
| assert isinstance(report, dict) | |
| assert { | |
| "shape", | |
| "summary_statistics", | |
| "missing_values", | |
| "correlation_matrix", | |
| "feature_types", | |
| "memory_usage_mb", | |
| } <= report.keys() |
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In `@tests/test_evaluation_exploration_utils.py` around lines 103 - 110,
Strengthen test_generate_report_keys by asserting that the dictionary returned
from DataExplorer.generate_report contains the required fields shape,
summary_statistics, and feature_types, while retaining the existing type
assertion.
| out = engineer.create_interaction_features(numeric_data) | ||
| assert out.shape[0] == numeric_data.shape[0] | ||
| # with only three numeric features the current implementation may | ||
| # skip interaction generation; the pinned contract is simply that | ||
| # rows are preserved and no crash occurs. | ||
| assert out.shape[1] >= numeric_data.shape[1] |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Assert generated feature output. Both tests can pass when the implementation returns the input unchanged. Assert the expected interaction columns for the three input columns. Assert that PCA generates its documented component columns and component count.
tests/test_feature_engineering.py#L41-L46: assert the expected pairwise interaction output, not only a non-decreasing column count.tests/test_feature_engineering.py#L87-L89: assert PCA component output, not only row preservation and a total column count of at least one.
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In `@tests/test_feature_engineering.py` around lines 41 - 46, Strengthen both
tests in tests/test_feature_engineering.py:41-46 and
tests/test_feature_engineering.py:87-89. In the test using
engineer.create_interaction_features, assert the documented pairwise interaction
columns for the three input features rather than only row preservation and a
non-decreasing column count. In the PCA test, assert the documented component
column names and exact component count; no other sites require changes.
| def test_predict_before_fit_raises(self, fast_config): | ||
| system = ClusteringSystem(config=fast_config) | ||
| with pytest.raises(Exception): | ||
| system.predict(pd.DataFrame(np.random.randn(10, 2))) |
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Assert the documented pre-fit error type.
ClusteringSystem.predict raises ValueError when no model is fitted. pytest.raises(Exception) also accepts unrelated failures. Assert ValueError and its message instead.
Proposed fix
- with pytest.raises(Exception):
+ with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="No model fitted"):
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| def test_predict_before_fit_raises(self, fast_config): | |
| system = ClusteringSystem(config=fast_config) | |
| with pytest.raises(Exception): | |
| system.predict(pd.DataFrame(np.random.randn(10, 2))) | |
| def test_predict_before_fit_raises(self, fast_config): | |
| system = ClusteringSystem(config=fast_config) | |
| with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="No model fitted"): | |
| system.predict(pd.DataFrame(np.random.randn(10, 2))) |
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In `@tests/test_models.py` around lines 127 - 130, Update
test_predict_before_fit_raises to expect ValueError specifically and assert the
documented error message from ClusteringSystem.predict when called before
fitting, instead of accepting any Exception.
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| def test_small_dataset_cluster_range_guard(self): | ||
| """For datasets too small to produce a valid cluster range the | ||
| system must not crash with an opaque error downstream.""" | ||
| system = ClusteringSystem(config=fast_config) | ||
| X, _ = make_blobs(n_samples=15, centers=2, random_state=42) | ||
| # The default n_clusters_range derivation (range(2, len(X)//10)) | ||
| # produces an empty range for small datasets; the system must | ||
| # fail loudly with a clear ValueError instead of silently | ||
| # producing an unfitted object. | ||
| with pytest.raises(ValueError): | ||
| system.fit(X, algorithms=["KMeans"]) |
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Inject the fast_config fixture into this test.
Line 135 references fast_config, but pytest only injects fixtures declared in the test signature. This test raises NameError before it verifies the small-dataset validation.
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- def test_small_dataset_cluster_range_guard(self):
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| def test_small_dataset_cluster_range_guard(self): | |
| """For datasets too small to produce a valid cluster range the | |
| system must not crash with an opaque error downstream.""" | |
| system = ClusteringSystem(config=fast_config) | |
| X, _ = make_blobs(n_samples=15, centers=2, random_state=42) | |
| # The default n_clusters_range derivation (range(2, len(X)//10)) | |
| # produces an empty range for small datasets; the system must | |
| # fail loudly with a clear ValueError instead of silently | |
| # producing an unfitted object. | |
| with pytest.raises(ValueError): | |
| system.fit(X, algorithms=["KMeans"]) | |
| def test_small_dataset_cluster_range_guard(self, fast_config): | |
| """For datasets too small to produce a valid cluster range the | |
| system must not crash with an opaque error downstream.""" | |
| system = ClusteringSystem(config=fast_config) | |
| X, _ = make_blobs(n_samples=15, centers=2, random_state=42) | |
| # The default n_clusters_range derivation (range(2, len(X)//10)) | |
| # produces an empty range for small datasets; the system must | |
| # fail loudly with a clear ValueError instead of silently | |
| # producing an unfitted object. | |
| with pytest.raises(ValueError): | |
| system.fit(X, algorithms=["KMeans"]) |
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test_small_dataset_cluster_range_guard to accept fast_config as a pytest fixture
parameter in its function signature, so the existing ClusteringSystem setup uses
the injected fixture and reaches the intended ValueError assertion.
| data=classification_data, target_column="target", config=small_config | ||
| ) | ||
| processor.preprocess() | ||
| X_train, X_test, y_train, y_test = processor.split_data(test_size=0.3) |
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Remove the unused y_test binding.
Line 112 does not use y_test. Replace it with _ to satisfy Ruff RUF059.
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- X_train, X_test, y_train, y_test = processor.split_data(test_size=0.3)
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| X_train, X_test, y_train, y_test = processor.split_data(test_size=0.3) | |
| X_train, X_test, y_train, _ = processor.split_data(test_size=0.3) |
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preserving the existing X_train, X_test, and y_train bindings.
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Problem
MLTools ships with no real test suite. The only verification artifact is a smoke script (
test_mltools.py) that prints check marks without any assertions, so regressions can be introduced silently. In addition, while building verification for the public API surface I found two runtime bugs that make core functionality silently fail.Why this matters
handle_missing_valuesis broken on pandas >= 3.0. The function usesdf[col].fillna(..., inplace=True), which raisesChainedAssignmentErrorunder pandas Copy-on-Write semantics — meaning missing values are never actually filled on modern pandas, and the preprocessing pipeline passes data with NaNs downstream, breaking downstream models without any visible error.ClusteringSystem.fit(algorithms=...)silently does nothing for mixed-case names. The docstring implies callers pass names like"KMeans","GMM", etc., but the dispatch compares against lowercase constants ('kmeans','gmm'), so unknown-case names are skipped without warning —get_results()returns{}andpredict()raisesValueError: No model fitted.n_clusters_range = range(2, len(X) // 10)is empty for datasets with fewer than 20 rows, andfit()happily returns an unfitted object; only a laterpredict()call surfaces an opaque error.Solution
mltools/utils/helpers.pyfillna(inplace=True)with proper column assignment (df[col] = df[col].fillna(...)). Missing values are now actually imputed on pandas 3.x.mltools/models/clustering.py[alg.lower() for alg in algorithms]), so"KMeans","kmeans","KMEANS"all work as the API implies.mltools/models/clustering.pyValueErrorwhen the derived cluster range is empty, instead of returning an unfitted object.tests/DataProcessor(loading, splitting, preprocessing pipeline),handle_missing_values(strategies, thresholds, noop),FeatureEngineer(statistical/interaction/polynomial/pca transforms, row preservation),Classifier(fit/predict/predict_proba ordering contracts, unknown-model handling),ClusteringSystem(results recording, best-model selection, small-dataset guard),ModelEvaluator(classification and regression metric keys and bounds, mismatched-length errors),DataExplorer(summary, missing-value analysis, correlation),Config(save/load roundtrip), and the utils helpers (feature-type detection, memory optimization, model serialization).CONTRIBUTING.md,requirements-test.txtTests
All 57 new tests pass (
pytest tests/→57 passed). The legacy smoke scripttest_mltools.pystill passes unchanged, and no existing behavior was modified beyond the two bug fixes and the small-dataset guard (which replaces a silent failure with an explicit one).Impact
Any project depending on MLTools on pandas 3.x is currently preprocessing data with unfilled missing values — this PR restores correct behavior. Clustering users passing the documented algorithm names now get real results instead of silent no-ops. The new test suite gives maintainers a regression gate that did not exist before, and the documented contribution process lowers the barrier for future contributors.
Note on CI
A GitHub Actions workflow (
.github/workflows/ci.yml, testing Python 3.10–3.12) was prepared alongside this PR but could not be pushed because the token used lacks theworkflowspermission. It is available locally and can be added in a follow-up by the repository owner.Summary by CodeRabbit
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