BinnedSpiketrain should accept a 0-1 matrix as an input

[mdenker]

Currently, the BinnedSpiketrain class only accepts a list of spiketrains as an input. However, it would be very useful to also be able to convert a numpy array of 01 values into a BinnedSpiketrain object:

a=np.zeros((10,10))
b=BinnedSpiketrain(a,tstart=0s,tstop=10s)

[alperyeg]

First version see: here

[alperyeg]

Coming back to this function after two years I realized the functionality is a little different than desired from Michael's example. It requires quite a big restructuring of the Binned class and may need discussion, e.g. all internal consistency checks have to be circumvented when the input is a binary matrix.

[mdenker]

Yes, I agree -- this means that the input must receive a completely different set of checks in terms of t_start, t_stop, number of bins, and bin width.

[alperyeg]

I started to implement this in a new branch, see here.
It was not as complex as I had imaged and I could use most of the functionality the Binning class provides to check for consistency etc in a straightforward manner.
The functionality is mostly done, just need a few more unit tests.

[alperyeg]

Free to review now.