Convert to QTable, to work as well with Table

pyirf/tests/test_utils.py

@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ def test_cone_solid_angle():
 def test_check_table():
     from pyirf.utils import check_table
 
+    # works with Table as well as QTable
+    check_table(Table({"foo": [1]}), required_columns=["foo"])
+    check_table(Table({"foo": [1] * u.m}), required_units={"foo": u.m})
+    check_table(QTable({"foo": [1] * u.m}), required_units={"foo": u.m})
 
     t = Table({"bar": [0, 1, 2] * u.TeV})
 
@@ -96,12 +100,14 @@ def test_calculate_source_fov_offset():
     from pyirf.utils import calculate_source_fov_offset
 
     a = u.Quantity([1.0], u.deg)
-    t = QTable({
-        'pointing_az': a,
-        'pointing_alt': a,
-        'true_az': a,
-        'true_alt': a,
-    })
+    t = QTable(
+        {
+            "pointing_az": a,
+            "pointing_alt": a,
+            "true_az": a,
+            "true_alt": a,
+        }
+    )
 
     assert u.isclose(calculate_source_fov_offset(t), 0.0 * u.deg)
 
@@ -110,12 +116,16 @@ def test_check_histograms():
     from pyirf.binning import create_histogram_table
     from pyirf.utils import check_histograms
 
-    events1 = QTable({
-        'reco_energy': [1, 1, 10, 100, 100, 100] * u.TeV,
-    })
-    events2 = QTable({
-        'reco_energy': [100, 100, 100] * u.TeV,
-    })
+    events1 = QTable(
+        {
+            "reco_energy": [1, 1, 10, 100, 100, 100] * u.TeV,
+        }
+    )
+    events2 = QTable(
+        {
+            "reco_energy": [100, 100, 100] * u.TeV,
+        }
+    )
     bins = [0.5, 5, 50, 500] * u.TeV
 
     hist1 = create_histogram_table(events1, bins)

pyirf/utils.py

@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ def check_table(table, required_columns=None, required_units=None):
 
     Parameters
     ----------
-    table: astropy.table.QTable
+    table: astropy.table.Table
         Table to check
     required_columns: iterable[str]
         Column names that are required to be present
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ def check_table(table, required_columns=None, required_units=None):
         as keys in ``required_units are`` not present in the table.
     WrongColumnUnit: if any column has the wrong unit
     """
+    table = QTable(table)
     if required_columns is not None:
         missing = set(required_columns) - set(table.colnames)
         if missing: