{"action":"opened","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/psychopy/psychopy/issues/1008","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/psychopy/psychopy/issues/1008/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/psychopy/psychopy/issues/1008/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/psychopy/psychopy/issues/1008/events","html_url":"https://github.com/psychopy/psychopy/issues/1008","id":118151881,"number":1008,"title":"Subclass all staircases from common base class","user":{"login":"hoechenberger","id":2046265,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2046265?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/hoechenberger","html_url":"https://github.com/hoechenberger","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hoechenberger/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hoechenberger/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hoechenberger/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hoechenberger/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hoechenberger/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hoechenberger/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hoechenberger/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hoechenberger/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hoechenberger/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":0,"created_at":"2015-11-20T23:51:17Z","updated_at":"2015-11-20T23:51:17Z","closed_at":null,"body":"All staircase implementations share common features. Currently, all staircases subclass from `StairHandler`, which itself subclasses from `_BaseTrialHandler`. However, `StairHandler` implements functionality that is not required or must not be used in `QuestHandler` and `PsiHandler`. That is, we need a new, more streamlined base class `_BaseStairHandler` from which all staircases can subclass. This was also [discussed](https://groups.google.com/d/msg/psychopy-dev/cgjNHPa-bUA/IhxB5HpgAwAJ) on the devel list. Development cannot start before better test coverage is achieved, see #1007."}}