Contributing to scoring-matrices

For bug fixes or new features, please file an issue before submitting a pull request. If the change isn’t trivial, it may be best to wait for feedback.

Setting up a local repository

You can just clone the GitHub repository to a local folder and start working from there:

$ git clone https://github.com/althonos/scoring-matrices

Running tests

Tests are written as usual Python unit tests with the unittest module of the standard library. Running them requires the extension to be built locally:

$ python -m pip install -v -e . --no-build-isolation
$ python -m unittest scoring_matrices.tests -vv

Coding guidelines

This project targets Python 3.7 or later.

Python objects should be typed; since it is not supported by Cython, you must manually declare types in type stubs (.pyi files). In Python files, you can add type annotations to function signatures (supported in Python 3.5) and in variable assignments (supported only from Python 3.6 onward).

Interfacing with C/C++

When interfacing with C or C++, and in particular with pointers, use assertions everywhere you assume the pointer to be non-NULL. Also consider using assertions when accessing raw C arrays, if applicable.