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 balanced_accuracy_scoring(clf, X, y):
    """Scoring function that computes the balanced accuracy to be used
    internally in the cross-validation procedure.
    """
    y_pred = clf.predict(X)
    conf_mat = confusion_matrix(y, y_pred)
    bal_acc = 0.
    for i in range(len(conf_mat)):
        bal_acc += (float(conf_mat[i, i])) / np.sum(conf_mat[i])

    bal_acc /= len(conf_mat)
    return bal_acc