From: Michael Orlitzky <michael@orlitzky.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2016 12:04:42 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: Change the default tolerance to 1e-6 to reduce unknown solutions.
X-Git-Tag: 0.1.0~79
X-Git-Url: https://gitweb.michael.orlitzky.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=97b5f8d3892258376bde8479fa74212c01924a57;p=dunshire.git

Change the default tolerance to 1e-6 to reduce unknown solutions.
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diff --git a/dunshire/options.py b/dunshire/options.py
index 2a57e27..976fe08 100644
--- a/dunshire/options.py
+++ b/dunshire/options.py
@@ -5,12 +5,14 @@ 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.
 """