diff datasets/config.py @ 504:19ab9ce916e3

slightly more sophisticated system for finding the mnist data
author James Bergstra <bergstrj@iro.umontreal.ca>
date Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:38:49 -0400
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+"""Configuration options for datasets
+
+
+Especially, the locations of data files.
+"""
+
+import os
+
+def env_get(key, default):
+    return default if os.getenv(key) is None else os.getenv(key)
+
+MNIST_amat = env_get('PYLEARN_MNIST_AMAT', '/u/bergstrj/pub/data/mnist.amat')