def from_string()

in utils/benchmark_config.py [0:0]

• 14 lines of code
• 5 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

  def from_string(cls, string):
    """Parses the content of a YAML config file and constructs a BenchmarkConfig.

    Args:
      string: a string in YAML file format. Usually the content of a config
        file.

    Returns:
      The created config object.
    """
    config = yaml.safe_load(string)
    if 'units' not in config:
      raise ValueError('Wrong config file format. Please check the example.')

    benchmark_project_commits = ('benchmark_project_commits' in config and
                                 config['benchmark_project_commits'])

    global_options = (
        config['global_options'] if 'global_options' in config else {})

    parsed_units = []
    for local_options in config['units']:
      unit = copy.copy(global_options)
      # Local configs would override global ones.
      unit.update(local_options)
      parsed_units.append(cls._parse_unit(unit))
    return cls(parsed_units, benchmark_project_commits)