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 2a57e270e6763ba087d361bb0d81e7f57bd0d5d4..9b3ddc37616360c5f60b964c26f8acfe393e1d26 100644 (file)
--- a/dunshire/options.py
+++ b/dunshire/options.py
@@ -5,14 +5,24 @@ change them. But this makes the user interface real simple.
 """
 
 
-ABS_TOL = 1e-7
+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``, so we use that. Where we need to be more lenient,
-we'll have to adjust it.
+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'
 """
@@ -20,10 +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.
 """
-
-
-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.
-"""