[Numpy-discussion] SVD error in Numpy. NumPy Update reversed?
Lou Pecora
lou_boog2000 at yahoo.com
Tue Mar 25 11:37:42 EDT 2008
Travis, Does that mean it's not worth starting a
ticket? Sounds like nothing can be done, *except* to
put this in the documentation and the FAQ. It has
bitten several people.
--- "Travis E. Oliphant" <oliphant at enthought.com>
wrote:
> Stéfan van der Walt wrote:
>> Lou Pecora wrote:
> >> Thanks, Matthieu, that's a good step. But when
the
> >> SVD function throws an exception is it clear
that the
> >> user can redefine niter and recompile?
Otherwise, the
> >> fix remains well hidden. Most user will be left
> >> puzzled. I think a comment in the raise
statement
> >> would be good. Just point to the solution or
where
> >> the user could find it.
> >>
> >
> > That's a valid concern. We could maybe pass down
> the iteration limit
> > as a keyword?
> >
> This won't work without significant re-design. This
> limit is in the
> low-level code which is an f2c'd version of some
> BLAS which is NumPy's
> default SVD implementation if it can't find a vendor
> BLAS.
>
> -Travis O.
-- Lou Pecora, my views are my own.
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