env_marker#
- env_marker()[source]#
Environment marker requirement for the object (PEP 508).
Part of packaging metadata for the object.
String name:
"env_marker"
Private tag, developer and framework facing
Values: str, PEP 508 compliant environment marker
Example:
"platform_system == 'Linux'"
Default: no environment marker (
None
)
sktime
manages objects and estimators like mini-packages, with their own dependencies and compatibility requirements. Dependencies are specified in the tags:"python_version"
: Python version specifier (PEP 440) for the object,"python_dependencies"
: list of required Python packages (PEP 440)"env_marker"
: environment marker for the object (PEP 508)"requires_cython"
: whether the object requires a C compiler present
The
env_marker
tag of an object is a string, specifying a PEP 508 compliant environment marker for the object.The tag is used in packaging metadata for the object,
and is used internally to check compatibility of the object with the build environment, to raise informative error messages.
Developers can use
_check_env_marker
fromskbase.utils.dependencies
to check compatibility of the python constraint of the object with the current build environment, or_check_estimator_deps
to check compatibility of the object (including further checks) with the current build environment.