Change the default tolerance to 1e-6 to reduce unknown solutions.

diff --git a/dunshire/options.py b/dunshire/options.py
index 2a57e270e6763ba087d361bb0d81e7f57bd0d5d4..976fe082421539ef118d73f9ee7ac8f077efa971 100644 (file)
--- 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.
 """