def load(self, filename, create_if_missing=True):
        filename = Path(filename)
        if not filename.exists() and create_if_missing:
            self.load_pip_requirements()
            with filename.open("w") as f:
                f.write(yaml.dump(self.serialized, default_flow_style=False,
                                  encoding=None))
            self.filename = filename
            return self.save(filename)
        with filename.open() as f:
            for group, requirements in yaml.load(f.read()).items():
                for requirement in requirements:
                    self[group].add(Requirement.coerce(requirement))
        self.filename = filename
def _get_unique_constraints(self, table):
    """Retrieve information about existing unique constraints of the table

    This feature is needed for _recreate_table() to work properly.
    Unfortunately, it's not available in sqlalchemy 0.7.x/0.8.x.

    """

    data = table.metadata.bind.execute(
        """SELECT sql
           FROM sqlite_master
           WHERE
               type='table' AND
               name=:table_name""",
        table_name=table.name
    ).fetchone()[0]

    UNIQUE_PATTERN = "CONSTRAINT (\w+) UNIQUE \(([^\)]+)\)"
    return [
        UniqueConstraint(
            *[getattr(table.columns, c.strip(' "')) for c in cols.split(",")],
            name=name
        )
        for name, cols in re.findall(UNIQUE_PATTERN, data)
    ]