Port regression test 737 to Pytests

testsuite/pytests/sli2py_regressions/test_issue_737.py

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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# test_issue_737.py
+#
+# This file is part of NEST.
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2004 The NEST Initiative
+#
+# NEST is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# NEST is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with NEST.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+"""
+Regression test for Issue #737 (GitHub).
+
+This test ensures that NEST raises an error if the user tries to set synapse
+parameters that cannot be set with Connect calls.
+"""
+
+import nest
+import pytest
+
+
+def test_static_synapse_hom_w_weight():
+    """
+    Test that setting weight in syn_spec for static_synapse_hom_w model raises an error.
+    """
+    nest.ResetKernel()
+    n = nest.Create("iaf_psc_alpha")
+
+    with pytest.raises(Exception):
+        nest.Connect(
+            n, n, conn_spec={"rule": "one_to_one"}, syn_spec={"synapse_model": "static_synapse_hom_w", "weight": 2.0}
+        )
+
+
+def test_copymodel_static_synapse_hom_w_weight():
+    """
+    Test that setting weight in syn_spec for CopyModel of static_synapse_hom_w model raises an error.
+    """
+    nest.ResetKernel()
+    n = nest.Create("iaf_psc_alpha")
+    nest.CopyModel("static_synapse_hom_w", "mysyn")
+
+    with pytest.raises(Exception):
+        nest.Connect(n, n, conn_spec={"rule": "one_to_one"}, syn_spec={"synapse_model": "mysyn", "weight": 2.0})
+
+
+def test_stdp_dopamine_synapse_vt():
+    """
+    Test that setting vt in syn_spec for stdp_dopamine_synapse model raises an error.
+    """
+    nest.ResetKernel()
+    n = nest.Create("iaf_psc_alpha")
+
+    with pytest.raises(Exception):
+        nest.Connect(
+            n, n, conn_spec={"rule": "one_to_one"}, syn_spec={"synapse_model": "stdp_dopamine_synapse", "vt": 2.0}
+        )
+
+
+def test_copymodel_stdp_dopamine_synapse_vt():
+    """
+    Test that setting vt in syn_spec for CopyModel of stdp_dopamine_synapse model raises an error.
+    """
+    nest.ResetKernel()
+    n = nest.Create("iaf_psc_alpha")
+    nest.CopyModel("stdp_dopamine_synapse", "mysyn")
+
+    with pytest.raises(Exception):
+        nest.Connect(n, n, conn_spec={"rule": "one_to_one"}, syn_spec={"synapse_model": "mysyn", "vt": 2.0})