def unicode_test(seg_instance, seg_str):
            seg_gen_str = str(seg_instance)

            self.assertEqual(len(seg_gen_str), 240)
            self.assertEqual(len(seg_str), 240)
            self.assertEqual(seg_gen_str, seg_str)
def _cost_gp_withGradients(self,x):
        """
        Predicts the time cost and its gradient of evaluating the function at x.
        """
        m, _, dmdx, _= self.cost_model.predict_withGradients(x)
        return np.exp(m), np.exp(m)*dmdx