add test for cycle

[feefladder]

While fumbling around, I stumbled upon a cycle. Now I know the codebase says "maybe remove this check because it is not possible", but it is:

@xs.process
class CycleStepOne:
    a = xs.variable(intent="out",global_name = "a")
    group = xs.group("b")
    
    def initialize(self):
        a = 5
    
    def run_step(self):
        self.a = np.sum(b for b in self.group)
    
@xs.process    
class CycleStepTwo:
    a = xs.global_ref("a")
    b = xs.variable(intent="out",groups="b")
    
    def initialize(self):
        self.b = self.a
    
    def run_step(self):
        self.a = self.b

cyclic_model = xs.Model({
    "one":CycleStepOne,
    "two":CycleStepTwo
})

raises

RuntimeError: Cycle detected in process graph: one->two->one

I also have a model, that sort of needs this structure.:

@xs.process
class dBiomass:
    """calculates biomass change based on light intensity
    """
    eff_light = xs.variable(description='light use efficiency', default=3)
    biomass = xs.variable(intent='out',description='grown biomass',default=0)
    leaf_ara=xs.variable(intent="out")
    

    def initialize(self):
        self.leaf_area=0.01
        self.biomass=0.01
    
    @xs.runtime(args='step_delta')
    def run_step(self,dt):
        ddays = dt / np.timedelta64(1,'D')
        self.intercepted_light = 1-np.exp(-0.8*self.leaf_area)
        self._d_biomass = self.eff_light*ddays*self.intercepted_light#*self.maxrad
        self._d_leaf_area = .5*self._d_biomass
        
    def finalize_step(self):
        self.biomass += self._d_biomass
        self.leaf_area += self._d_leaf_area

Is there a way to refactor this (to allow for different ways of calculating leaf area, while not rewriting the entire model)?
Or is this now the smallest possible process, because of the biomass->leaf_aera->intercepted_light->biomass dependency?

[feefladder]

oops tehre is already a test