def METHOD_NAME(testpath, filename, fformat):
    # deprecated
    points1 = xtgeo.points_from_file(testpath / filename, fformat=fformat)
    points2 = xtgeo.points_from_file(testpath / filename, fformat=fformat)
    points3 = xtgeo.points_from_file(testpath / filename, fformat=fformat)
    points4 = xtgeo.points_from_file(testpath / filename)
    pd.testing.assert_frame_equal(points1.dataframe, points2.dataframe)
    pd.testing.assert_frame_equal(points2.dataframe, points3.dataframe)
    pd.testing.assert_frame_equal(points3.dataframe, points4.dataframe)