Change the default tolerance to 1e-6 to reduce unknown solutions.

[dunshire.git] / dunshire / options.py

diff --git a/dunshire/options.py b/dunshire/options.py
index c6e5c4cb079edfc7149ee8179137fb7f61975e84..976fe082421539ef118d73f9ee7ac8f077efa971 100644 (file)
--- a/dunshire/options.py
+++ b/dunshire/options.py
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ ABS_TOL = 1e-6
 """
 The absolute tolerance used in all "are these numbers equal" and "is
 this number less than (or equal to) that other number" tests. The CVXOPT
 """
 The absolute tolerance used in all "are these numbers equal" and "is
 this number less than (or equal to) that other number" tests. The CVXOPT

-default is ``1e-7``, and we need a little bit of padding on top of that.
+default is ``1e-7``, but loosening that a little reduces the number of
+"unknown" solutions that we get during random testing. Whether or not it
+improves the solubility of real problems is a question for the
+philosophers.

 """
 
 
 """