old_contents: import pytest
  
  import numpy as np
  from scipy import pi
  from numpy.random import uniform
  
  from cxroots.Paths import ComplexArc, ComplexLine
  
  # have a common seed for each testing process
  from datetime import date
  today = date.today()
  np.random.seed(today.year*today.month*today.day)
  
  @pytest.mark.parametrize('a', uniform(-10, 10, size=5) + 1j*uniform(-10, 10, size=5))
  @pytest.mark.parametrize('b', uniform(-10, 10, size=5) + 1j*uniform(-10, 10, size=5))
  @pytest.mark.parametrize('P', uniform(-10, 10, size=5) + 1j*uniform(-10, 10, size=5))
  def test_distance_line(a, b, P):
  	t = np.linspace(0,1,100001)
  	C = ComplexLine(a, b)
  	assert C.distance(P) == pytest.approx(np.min(np.abs(C(t) - P)), abs=1e-6)
  
  
  @pytest.mark.parametrize('z0', uniform(-10, 10, size=5) + 1j*uniform(-10, 10, size=5))
  @pytest.mark.parametrize('R', uniform(0, 10, size=5))
  @pytest.mark.parametrize('t0', uniform(0, 2*pi, size=5))
  @pytest.mark.parametrize('dt', uniform(-2*pi, 2*pi, size=5))
  @pytest.mark.parametrize('P', uniform(-10, 10, size=5) + 1j*uniform(-10, 10, size=5))
  def test_distance_arc(z0, R, t0, dt, P):
  	z0 = 0
  	t = np.linspace(0,1,100001)
  	C = ComplexArc(z0, R, t0, dt)
  	assert C.distance(P) == pytest.approx(np.min(np.abs(C(t) - P)), abs=1e-6)
  
new_contents: import pytest
  
  import numpy as np
  from scipy import pi
  from numpy.random import uniform
  
  from cxroots.Paths import ComplexArc, ComplexLine
  
  # have a common seed for each testing process
  from datetime import date
  today = date.today()
  np.random.seed(today.year*today.month*today.day)
  
  @pytest.mark.parametrize('a', uniform(-10, 10, size=3) + 1j*uniform(-10, 10, size=3))
  @pytest.mark.parametrize('b', uniform(-10, 10, size=3) + 1j*uniform(-10, 10, size=3))
  @pytest.mark.parametrize('P', uniform(-10, 10, size=3) + 1j*uniform(-10, 10, size=3))
  def test_distance_line(a, b, P):
  	t = np.linspace(0,1,100001)
  	C = ComplexLine(a, b)
  	assert C.distance(P) == pytest.approx(np.min(np.abs(C(t) - P)), abs=1e-6)
  
  
  @pytest.mark.parametrize('z0', uniform(-10, 10, size=3) + 1j*uniform(-10, 10, size=3))
  @pytest.mark.parametrize('R', uniform(0, 10, size=3))
  @pytest.mark.parametrize('t0', uniform(0, 2*pi, size=3))
  @pytest.mark.parametrize('dt', uniform(-2*pi, 2*pi, size=3))
  @pytest.mark.parametrize('P', uniform(-10, 10, size=3) + 1j*uniform(-10, 10, size=3))
  def test_distance_arc(z0, R, t0, dt, P):
  	z0 = 0
  	t = np.linspace(0,1,100001)
  	C = ComplexArc(z0, R, t0, dt)
  	assert C.distance(P) == pytest.approx(np.min(np.abs(C(t) - P)), abs=1e-6)
  
subject: Reduce number of path tests