def run(args, setup=None):
if not setup:
setup = import_module(args.setup)
runtime = MLPalRuntime()
runtime.data_source = setup.DataSource(args)
runtime.spec = setup.LearningSpec()
runtime.config = args
history = History(id=args.history_id)
runtime.info = history.new()
runtime.info['config'] = runtime.config.__repr__()
runtime.info['started_at'] = str(datetime.now())
task = args.task
task_function = getattr(sys.modules[__name__], 'run_%s' % task)
task_function(runtime)
runtime.info['finished_at'] = str(datetime.now())
history.append(runtime.info)
