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 test_emtpy(self):
        # I had problems with these
        #
        # Although these are patological cases: Empty Structures!
        class X(Structure):
            _fields_ = []

        class Y(Union):
            _fields_ = []

        # Is this really the correct alignment, or should it be 0?
        self.assertTrue(alignment(X) == alignment(Y) == 1)
        self.assertTrue(sizeof(X) == sizeof(Y) == 0)

        class XX(Structure):
            _fields_ = [("a", X),
                        ("b", X)]

        self.assertEqual(alignment(XX), 1)
        self.assertEqual(sizeof(XX), 0)