def load(self, requirements_file=None):
        """Load or reload requirements from a requirements.txt file.

        :param requirements_file: if not given, the filename used from
            initialization will be read again.
        """
        if requirements_file is None:
            requirements_file = self.filename
            if requirements_file is None:
                raise ValueError("no filename provided")
        elif isinstance(requirements_file, text_type):
            requirements_file = Path(requirements_file)
        self.clear()
        with requirements_file.open() as f:
            self.loads(f.read())

        if isinstance(requirements_file, (text_type, Path)):
            self.filename = requirements_file
def range(cls, dataset, dimension):
        dimension = dataset.get_dimension(dimension, strict=True)
        column = dataset.data[dimension.name]
        if dimension.nodata is not None:
            column = cls.replace_value(column, dimension.nodata)
        if column.dtype.kind == 'O':
            return np.NaN, np.NaN
        else:
            return finite_range(column, column.min(), column.max())