1 files changed, 47 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/numpy/testing/nosetester.py b/numpy/testing/nosetester.py
index 77ac61074..a06d559e7 100644
--- a/numpy/testing/nosetester.py
+++ b/numpy/testing/nosetester.py
@@ -75,14 +75,55 @@ def import_nose():
 
     return nose
 
-def run_module_suite(file_to_run = None):
+def run_module_suite(file_to_run=None, argv=None):
+    """
+    Run a test module.
+
+    Equivalent to calling ``$ nosetests <argv> <file_to_run>`` from
+    the command line
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    file_to_run: str, optional
+        Path to test module, or None.
+        By default, run the module from which this function is called.
+    argv: list of strings
+        Arguments to be passed to the nose test runner. ``argv[0]`` is
+        ignored. All command line arguments accepted by ``nosetests``
+        will work.
+
+        .. versionadded:: 1.9.0
+
+    Examples
+    --------
+    Adding the following::
+
+        if __name__ == "__main__" :
+            run_module_suite(argv=sys.argv)
+
+    at the end of a test module will run the tests when that module is
+    called in the python interpreter.
+
+    Alternatively, calling::
+
+    >>> run_module_suite(file_to_run="numpy/tests/test_matlib.py")
+
+    from an interpreter will run all the test routine in 'test_matlib.py'.
+    """
     if file_to_run is None:
         f = sys._getframe(1)
         file_to_run = f.f_locals.get('__file__', None)
         if file_to_run is None:
             raise AssertionError
 
-    import_nose().run(argv=['', file_to_run])
+    if argv is None:
+        argv = ['', file_to_run]
+    else:
+        argv = argv + [file_to_run]
+
+    nose = import_nose()
+    from .noseclasses import KnownFailure
+    nose.run(argv=argv, addplugins=[KnownFailure()])
 
 
 class NoseTester(object):
@@ -378,6 +419,10 @@ class NoseTester(object):
             warnings.filterwarnings("ignore", message="numpy.ufunc size changed")
             warnings.filterwarnings("ignore", category=ModuleDeprecationWarning)
             warnings.filterwarnings("ignore", category=FutureWarning)
+            # Filter out boolean '-' deprecation messages. This allows
+            # older versions of scipy to test without a flood of messages.
+            warnings.filterwarnings("ignore", message=".*boolean negative.*")
+            warnings.filterwarnings("ignore", message=".*boolean subtract.*")
 
             from .noseclasses import NumpyTestProgram