X-Git-Url: https://gitweb.michael.orlitzky.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=dunshire%2Foptions.py;h=a66abb7bc626f9793ec21b622b3b719ad5aa38cc;hb=0274de467062ab29d2a41d2a91ec0b28fcd95c8d;hp=c6e5c4cb079edfc7149ee8179137fb7f61975e84;hpb=bdb596b84a06d0c97e39d42586a51fc36ba44186;p=dunshire.git diff --git a/dunshire/options.py b/dunshire/options.py index c6e5c4c..a66abb7 100644 --- a/dunshire/options.py +++ b/dunshire/options.py @@ -9,20 +9,22 @@ 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. """ - -FLOAT_FORMAT = '%.7f' +DEBUG_FLOAT_FORMAT = '%.20f' """ -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. +The float output format to use when something goes wrong. If we need to +reproduce 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. """ - -VERBOSE = False +FLOAT_FORMAT = '%.7f' """ -The underlying CVXOPT solver can output debug information, and I -guess, so could we. But we don't want to because it's ugly. +The default output format for floating point numbers. """