def assert_warns(warning_class, func, *args, **kw):
    """Test that a certain warning occurs.

    Parameters
    ----------
    warning_class : the warning class
        The class to test for, e.g. UserWarning.

    func : callable
        Calable object to trigger warnings.

    *args : the positional arguments to `func`.

    **kw : the keyword arguments to `func`

    Returns
    -------

    result : the return value of `func`

    """
    # very important to avoid uncontrolled state propagation
    clean_warning_registry()
    with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as w:
        # Cause all warnings to always be triggered.
        warnings.simplefilter("always")
        # Trigger a warning.
        result = func(*args, **kw)
        if hasattr(np, 'VisibleDeprecationWarning'):
            # Filter out numpy-specific warnings in numpy >= 1.9
            w = [e for e in w
                 if e.category is not np.VisibleDeprecationWarning]

        # Verify some things
        if not len(w) > 0:
            raise AssertionError("No warning raised when calling %s"
                                 % func.__name__)

        found = any(warning.category is warning_class for warning in w)
        if not found:
            raise AssertionError("%s did not give warning: %s( is %s)"
                                 % (func.__name__, warning_class, w))
    return result
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