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+(ns clj-ml.io-test
+  (:use [clj-ml io data] :reload-all)
+  (:use clojure.test midje.sweet))
+
+(deftest load-instances-iris-url
+  (let [ds (load-instances :arff "http://repository.seasr.org/Datasets/UCI/arff/iris.arff")]
+    (is (= 150 (dataset-count ds)))))