Refactor tests to pass list of arguments to the Session.call_module method

pygmt/tests/test_clib.py

@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ def test_call_module_invalid_arguments():
     """
     with clib.Session() as lib:
         with pytest.raises(GMTCLibError):
-            lib.call_module("info", "bogus-data.bla")
+            lib.call_module("info", ["bogus-data.bla"])
 
 
 def test_call_module_invalid_name():
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ def test_call_module_invalid_name():
     """
     with clib.Session() as lib:
         with pytest.raises(GMTCLibError):
-            lib.call_module("meh", "")
+            lib.call_module("meh", [])
 
 
 def test_call_module_error_message():
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ def test_call_module_error_message():
     """
     with clib.Session() as lib:
         with pytest.raises(GMTCLibError) as exc_info:
-            lib.call_module("info", "bogus-data.bla")
+            lib.call_module("info", ["bogus-data.bla"])
         assert "Module 'info' failed with status code" in exc_info.value.args[0]
         assert (
             "gmtinfo [ERROR]: Cannot find file bogus-data.bla" in exc_info.value.args[0]
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ def test_method_no_session():
     # Create an instance of Session without "with" so no session is created.
     lib = clib.Session()
     with pytest.raises(GMTCLibNoSessionError):
-        lib.call_module("gmtdefaults", "")
+        lib.call_module("gmtdefaults", [])
     with pytest.raises(GMTCLibNoSessionError):
         _ = lib.session_pointer
 
@@ -385,14 +385,14 @@ def test_extract_region_two_figures():
     # Activate the first figure and extract the region from it
     # Use in a different session to avoid any memory problems.
     with clib.Session() as lib:
-        lib.call_module("figure", f"{fig1._name} -")
+        lib.call_module("figure", [fig1._name, "-"])
     with clib.Session() as lib:
         wesn1 = lib.extract_region()
         npt.assert_allclose(wesn1, region1)
 
     # Now try it with the second one
     with clib.Session() as lib:
-        lib.call_module("figure", f"{fig2._name} -")
+        lib.call_module("figure", [fig2._name, "-"])
     with clib.Session() as lib:
         wesn2 = lib.extract_region()
         npt.assert_allclose(wesn2, np.array([-165.0, -150.0, 15.0, 25.0]))

pygmt/tests/test_clib_virtualfiles.py

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def test_virtual_file(dtypes):
             vfargs = (family, geometry, "GMT_IN|GMT_IS_REFERENCE", dataset)
             with lib.open_virtualfile(*vfargs) as vfile:
                 with GMTTempFile() as outfile:
-                    lib.call_module("info", f"{vfile} ->{outfile.name}")
+                    lib.call_module("info", [vfile, f"->{outfile.name}"])
                     output = outfile.read(keep_tabs=True)
             bounds = "\t".join([f"<{col.min():.0f}/{col.max():.0f}>" for col in data.T])
             expected = f"<matrix memory>: N = {shape[0]}\t{bounds}\n"
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ def test_virtualfile_in_required_z_matrix(array_func, kind):
             data=data, required_z=True, check_kind="vector"
         ) as vfile:
             with GMTTempFile() as outfile:
-                lib.call_module("info", f"{vfile} ->{outfile.name}")
+                lib.call_module("info", [vfile, f"->{outfile.name}"])
                 output = outfile.read(keep_tabs=True)
         bounds = "\t".join(
             [
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ def test_virtualfile_from_vectors(dtypes):
         with clib.Session() as lib:
             with lib.virtualfile_from_vectors(x, y, z) as vfile:
                 with GMTTempFile() as outfile:
-                    lib.call_module("info", f"{vfile} ->{outfile.name}")
+                    lib.call_module("info", [vfile, f"->{outfile.name}"])
                     output = outfile.read(keep_tabs=True)
             bounds = "\t".join([f"<{i.min():.0f}/{i.max():.0f}>" for i in (x, y, z)])
             expected = f"<vector memory>: N = {size}\t{bounds}\n"
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ def test_virtualfile_from_vectors_one_string_or_object_column(dtype):
     with clib.Session() as lib:
         with lib.virtualfile_from_vectors(x, y, strings) as vfile:
             with GMTTempFile() as outfile:
-                lib.call_module("convert", f"{vfile} ->{outfile.name}")
+                lib.call_module("convert", [vfile, f"->{outfile.name}"])
                 output = outfile.read(keep_tabs=True)
         expected = "".join(
             f"{i}\t{j}\t{k}\n" for i, j, k in zip(x, y, strings, strict=True)
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ def test_virtualfile_from_vectors_two_string_or_object_columns(dtype):
     with clib.Session() as lib:
         with lib.virtualfile_from_vectors(x, y, strings1, strings2) as vfile:
             with GMTTempFile() as outfile:
-                lib.call_module("convert", f"{vfile} ->{outfile.name}")
+                lib.call_module("convert", [vfile, f"->{outfile.name}"])
                 output = outfile.read(keep_tabs=True)
         expected = "".join(
             f"{h}\t{i}\t{j} {k}\n"
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ def test_virtualfile_from_vectors_transpose(dtypes):
         with clib.Session() as lib:
             with lib.virtualfile_from_vectors(*data.T) as vfile:
                 with GMTTempFile() as outfile:
-                    lib.call_module("info", f"{vfile} -C ->{outfile.name}")
+                    lib.call_module("info", [vfile, "-C", f"->{outfile.name}"])
                     output = outfile.read(keep_tabs=True)
             bounds = "\t".join([f"{col.min():.0f}\t{col.max():.0f}" for col in data.T])
             expected = f"{bounds}\n"
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ def test_virtualfile_from_matrix(dtypes):
         with clib.Session() as lib:
             with lib.virtualfile_from_matrix(data) as vfile:
                 with GMTTempFile() as outfile:
-                    lib.call_module("info", f"{vfile} ->{outfile.name}")
+                    lib.call_module("info", [vfile, f"->{outfile.name}"])
                     output = outfile.read(keep_tabs=True)
             bounds = "\t".join([f"<{col.min():.0f}/{col.max():.0f}>" for col in data.T])
             expected = f"<matrix memory>: N = {shape[0]}\t{bounds}\n"
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ def test_virtualfile_from_matrix_slice(dtypes):
         with clib.Session() as lib:
             with lib.virtualfile_from_matrix(data) as vfile:
                 with GMTTempFile() as outfile:
-                    lib.call_module("info", f"{vfile} ->{outfile.name}")
+                    lib.call_module("info", [vfile, f"->{outfile.name}"])
                     output = outfile.read(keep_tabs=True)
             bounds = "\t".join([f"<{col.min():.0f}/{col.max():.0f}>" for col in data.T])
             expected = f"<matrix memory>: N = {rows}\t{bounds}\n"
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ def test_virtualfile_from_vectors_pandas(dtypes_pandas):
         with clib.Session() as lib:
             with lib.virtualfile_from_vectors(data.x, data.y, data.z) as vfile:
                 with GMTTempFile() as outfile:
-                    lib.call_module("info", f"{vfile} ->{outfile.name}")
+                    lib.call_module("info", [vfile, f"->{outfile.name}"])
                     output = outfile.read(keep_tabs=True)
             bounds = "\t".join(
                 [f"<{i.min():.0f}/{i.max():.0f}>" for i in (data.x, data.y, data.z)]
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ def test_virtualfile_from_vectors_arraylike():
     with clib.Session() as lib:
         with lib.virtualfile_from_vectors(x, y, z) as vfile:
             with GMTTempFile() as outfile:
-                lib.call_module("info", f"{vfile} ->{outfile.name}")
+                lib.call_module("info", [vfile, f"->{outfile.name}"])
                 output = outfile.read(keep_tabs=True)
         bounds = "\t".join([f"<{min(i):.0f}/{max(i):.0f}>" for i in (x, y, z)])
         expected = f"<vector memory>: N = {size}\t{bounds}\n"

pygmt/tests/test_datatypes_dataset.py

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def dataframe_from_gmt(fname, **kwargs):
     """
     with Session() as lib:
         with lib.virtualfile_out(kind="dataset") as vouttbl:
-            lib.call_module("read", f"{fname} {vouttbl} -Td")
+            lib.call_module("read", [fname, vouttbl, "-Td"])
             df = lib.virtualfile_to_dataset(vfname=vouttbl, **kwargs)
             return df
 

pygmt/tests/test_session_management.py

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ def test_begin_end():
     end()  # Kill the global session
     begin()
     with Session() as lib:
-        lib.call_module("basemap", "-R10/70/-3/8 -JX4i/3i -Ba")
+        lib.call_module("basemap", ["-R10/70/-3/8", "-JX4i/3i", "-Ba"])
     end()
     begin()  # Restart the global session
     assert Path("pygmt-session.pdf").exists()
@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ def test_gmt_compat_6_is_applied(capsys):
         # Generate a gmt.conf file in the current directory
         # with GMT_COMPATIBILITY = 5
         with Session() as lib:
-            lib.call_module("gmtset", "GMT_COMPATIBILITY 5")
+            lib.call_module("gmtset", ["GMT_COMPATIBILITY=5"])
         begin()
         with Session() as lib:
-            lib.call_module("basemap", "-R10/70/-3/8 -JX4i/3i -Ba")
+            lib.call_module("basemap", ["-R10/70/-3/8", "-JX4i/3i", "-Ba"])
             out, err = capsys.readouterr()  # capture stdout and stderr
             assert out == ""
             assert err != (