Remove the "VERBOSE" option, since you never want to change it.

[dunshire.git] / dunshire / options.py

diff --git a/dunshire/options.py b/dunshire/options.py
index c6e5c4cb079edfc7149ee8179137fb7f61975e84..9b3ddc37616360c5f60b964c26f8acfe393e1d26 100644 (file)
--- a/dunshire/options.py
+++ b/dunshire/options.py
@@ -9,9 +9,20 @@ 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.

 """
 
 """
 

+DEBUG_FLOAT_FORMAT = '%.20f'
+"""
+The float output format to use when something goes wrong. If we need to
+produce a random test case, for example, then we need all of the digits
+of the things involved. If we try to recreate the problem using only,
+say, the first seven digits of each number, then the resulting game
+might not reproduce the failure.
+"""

 
 FLOAT_FORMAT = '%.7f'
 """
 
 FLOAT_FORMAT = '%.7f'
 """


@@ -19,10 +30,3 @@ The default output format for floating point numbers. It has been
 chosen to match the ``ABS_TOL``, in the sense that if ``x != y``,
 then they would not appear different when printed.
 """
 chosen to match the ``ABS_TOL``, in the sense that if ``x != y``,
 then they would not appear different when printed.
 """

-
-
-VERBOSE = False
-"""
-The underlying CVXOPT solver can output debug information, and I
-guess, so could we. But we don't want to because it's ugly.
-"""