Merge pull request #2690 from otcathatsya/port_ticket_949

Port `ticket-949.sli` to py

testsuite/pytests/sli2py_regressions/test_ticket_949.py

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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# test_ticket_949.py
+#
+# This file is part of NEST.
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2004 The NEST Initiative
+#
+# NEST is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# NEST is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with NEST.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+
+"""This test ensures that Connect throws an error if one tries to create a connection with a delay
+less than the resolution."""
+
+import nest
+import pytest
+
+
+def test_delay_less_than_resolution_throws():
+    nest.ResetKernel()
+    nest.set_verbosity("M_ERROR")
+    nest.resolution = 0.3
+
+    population = nest.Create("iaf_psc_alpha")
+    with pytest.raises(nest.kernel.NESTError, match="Delay must be greater than or equal to resolution"):
+        nest.Connect(population, population, syn_spec={"delay": 0.1})