Conventions

• As mentioned elsewhere, all function not within a test_*.py file should have doctest tests.

• Frost tests are expected to support the --json option by ensuring ids used in pytest.mark.parametrize contain sufficient information for downstream processing.

• All data access routines should respect the --offline command line option that is a frost extension. The value of --offline is passed as a value to the “client” constructor.

  If you do not properly implement this option, you will break “make doctest” for everything. (I.e. you’re advised to run “make doctest” early & often while implementing a new service.)