Clean up and document some of the new test code.

[dunshire.git] / dunshire / matrices.py

diff --git a/dunshire/matrices.py b/dunshire/matrices.py
index 13e8150f5c807914782dbcb49733f36be513912c..29c5867aabe544f768a1b1ce3862f14c0a316712 100644 (file)
--- a/dunshire/matrices.py
+++ b/dunshire/matrices.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Utility functions for working with CVXOPT matrices (instances of the
 class:`cvxopt.base.matrix` class).
 """
 
 class:`cvxopt.base.matrix` class).
 """
 

+from copy import copy

 from math import sqrt
 from cvxopt import matrix
 from cvxopt.lapack import gees, gesdd, syevr
 from math import sqrt
 from cvxopt import matrix
 from cvxopt.lapack import gees, gesdd, syevr


@@ -140,7 +141,10 @@ def eigenvalues(symmat):
 
     domain_dim = symmat.size[0]
     eigs = matrix(0, (domain_dim, 1), tc='d')
 
     domain_dim = symmat.size[0]
     eigs = matrix(0, (domain_dim, 1), tc='d')

-    syevr(symmat, eigs)
+
+    # Create a copy of ``symmat`` here because ``syevr`` clobbers it.
+    dummy = copy(symmat)
+    syevr(dummy, eigs)

     return list(eigs)
 
 
     return list(eigs)