use quarter-second heartbeat period in IPython.parallel tests

No need for conservative heartbeat period when running local tests, which
directly affects the time it takes to register or remove an engine.

IPython/parallel/tests/__init__.py

@@ -1,111 +1,111 b''
 """toplevel setup/teardown for parallel tests."""
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #  Copyright (C) 2011  The IPython Development Team
 #
 #  Distributed under the terms of the BSD License.  The full license is in
 #  the file COPYING, distributed as part of this software.
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Imports
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 import os
 import tempfile
 import time
 from subprocess import Popen
 
 from IPython.utils.path import get_ipython_dir
 from IPython.parallel import Client
 from IPython.parallel.apps.launcher import (LocalProcessLauncher,
                                                   ipengine_cmd_argv,
                                                   ipcontroller_cmd_argv,
                                                   SIGKILL)
 
 # globals
 launchers = []
 blackhole = open(os.devnull, 'w')
 
 # Launcher class
 class TestProcessLauncher(LocalProcessLauncher):
     """subclass LocalProcessLauncher, to prevent extra sockets and threads being created on Windows"""
     def start(self):
         if self.state == 'before':
             self.process = Popen(self.args,
                 stdout=blackhole, stderr=blackhole,
                 env=os.environ,
                 cwd=self.work_dir
             )
             self.notify_start(self.process.pid)
             self.poll = self.process.poll
         else:
             s = 'The process was already started and has state: %r' % self.state
             raise ProcessStateError(s)
 
 # nose setup/teardown
 
 def setup():
     cluster_dir = os.path.join(get_ipython_dir(), 'profile_iptest')
     engine_json = os.path.join(cluster_dir, 'security', 'ipcontroller-engine.json')
     client_json = os.path.join(cluster_dir, 'security', 'ipcontroller-client.json')
     for json in (engine_json, client_json):
         if os.path.exists(json):
             os.remove(json)
     
     cp = TestProcessLauncher()
     cp.cmd_and_args = ipcontroller_cmd_argv + \
-                ['--profile=iptest', '--log-level=50']
+                ['--profile=iptest', '--log-level=50', '--ping=250']
     cp.start()
     launchers.append(cp)
     tic = time.time()
     while not os.path.exists(engine_json) or not os.path.exists(client_json):
         if cp.poll() is not None:
             print cp.poll()
             raise RuntimeError("The test controller failed to start.")
         elif time.time()-tic > 10:
             raise RuntimeError("Timeout waiting for the test controller to start.")
         time.sleep(0.1)
     add_engines(1)
 
 def add_engines(n=1, profile='iptest'):
     rc = Client(profile=profile)
     base = len(rc)
     eps = []
     for i in range(n):
         ep = TestProcessLauncher()
         ep.cmd_and_args = ipengine_cmd_argv + ['--profile=%s'%profile, '--log-level=50']
         ep.start()
         launchers.append(ep)
         eps.append(ep)
     tic = time.time()
     while len(rc) < base+n:
         if any([ ep.poll() is not None for ep in eps ]):
             raise RuntimeError("A test engine failed to start.")
         elif time.time()-tic > 10:
             raise RuntimeError("Timeout waiting for engines to connect.")
         time.sleep(.1)
         rc.spin()
     rc.close()
     return eps
 
 def teardown():
     time.sleep(1)
     while launchers:
         p = launchers.pop()
         if p.poll() is None:
             try:
                 p.stop()
             except Exception, e:
                 print e
                 pass
         if p.poll() is None:
             time.sleep(.25)
         if p.poll() is None:
             try:
                 print 'cleaning up test process...'
                 p.signal(SIGKILL)
             except:
                 print "couldn't shutdown process: ", p
     blackhole.close()