added nose_parameterized dependency

doc/install.txt

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ instructions below for detailed installation steps):
 
 The following libraries and software are optional:
 
-    `nose <http://nose.readthedocs.org/en/latest/>`_ >= 1.3.0
+    `nose <http://nose.readthedocs.org/en/latest/>`_ >= 1.3.0 and `nose-parameterized <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/nose-parameterized/>`_ >= 0.5.0
         Recommended, to run Theano's test-suite.
 
     `Sphinx <http://sphinx.pocoo.org/>`_ >= 0.5.1, `pygments <http://pygments.org/>`_

setup.py

@@ -164,6 +164,9 @@ def do_setup():
           packages=find_packages(),
           # 1.7.0 give too much warning related to numpy.diagonal.
           install_requires=['numpy>=1.7.1', 'scipy>=0.11', 'six>=1.9.0'],
+          extras_require={
+              'test': ['nose>=1.3.0', 'nose-parameterized>=0.5.0']
+          },
           package_data={
               '': ['*.txt', '*.rst', '*.cu', '*.cuh', '*.c', '*.sh', '*.pkl',
                    '*.h', '*.cpp', 'ChangeLog'],

theano/tests/unittest_tools.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from functools import wraps
 import logging
 import sys
 import unittest
+from nose_parameterized import parameterized
 
 from six import integer_types
 from six.moves import StringIO
@@ -31,6 +32,13 @@ except ImportError:
 _logger = logging.getLogger("theano.tests.unittest_tools")
 
 
+def custom_name_func(testcase_func, param_num, param):
+    return "%s_%s" % (
+        testcase_func.__name__,
+        parameterized.to_safe_name("_".join(str(x) for x in param.args)),
+    )
+
+
 def fetch_seed(pseed=None):
     """
     Returns the seed to use for running the unit tests.
@@ -96,6 +104,7 @@ verify_grad.E_grad = T.verify_grad.E_grad
 
 
 class TestOptimizationMixin(object):
+
     def assertFunctionContains(self, f, op, min=1, max=sys.maxsize):
         toposort = f.maker.fgraph.toposort()
         matches = [node for node in toposort if node.op == op]
@@ -172,6 +181,7 @@ class T_OpContractMixin(object):
 
 
 class InferShapeTester(unittest.TestCase):
+
     def setUp(self):
         seed_rng()
         # Take into account any mode that may be defined in a child class
@@ -311,6 +321,7 @@ def str_diagnostic(expected, value, rtol, atol):
 
 
 class WrongValue(Exception):
+
     def __init__(self, expected_val, val, rtol, atol):
         Exception.__init__(self)  # to be compatible with python2.4
         self.val1 = expected_val