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
-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.
 """