add function to completely erase/reset setup about py_experimenter

[tornede]

Currently there is a workaround for this via:

experimenter.reset_experiments(status='created')
experimenter.reset_experiments(status='running')
experimenter.reset_experiments(status='error')
experimenter.reset_experiments(status='done')

But I agree that a method resetting all experiments (resets all experiment if no status is given)

experimenter.reset_experiments()

as well as a method deleting the table

experimenter.delete_table()

are nice additions.

[fmohr]

Hi,

the workaround only works if the table structure did not change. Btw.

experimenter.reset_experiments()

is currently a shortcut for

experimenter.reset_experiments(status="error")

Maybe the function should (also) accept lists of statuses and then you can make the default ["done", "error", "running"] or something like that.

experimenter.delete_table()

would indeed be nice. And then you could add a shortcut

def full_reset(self):
   self.delete_table()
   self.fill_table()

[tornede]

the workaround only works if the table structure did not change.

True.

Maybe the function should (also) accept lists of statuses and then you can make the default ["done", "error", "running"]

Also a nice addition to the method reset_experiments().

would indeed be nice. And then you could add a shortcut

def full_reset(self):
   self.delete_table()
   self.fill_table()

This only works if you fill your table from a config file. In case you fill the table with one of the other options, this will not be so trivial.

[tornede]

Final summary about what will be done:

• Add Enum ExperimentStatus for the strings
• Modify reset_experiments() to be able to get
  • single status
  • list of status
  • "all" to reset all status
• Add method delete_table()

Furthermore, I currently don't see the need for the suggested method full_reset(). Either you want to modify the structure of the table itself, which you can do with delete and fill, or you want to stay with the table structure and just reset some of the experiments.

[LukasFehring]

Finished implementation.

In reset_experiments i worked with pythons *args notation.