[SciPy-Dev] linalg: cho_solve in basic.py and decomp.py

[Warren Weckesser]

Warren Weckesser wrote:
>  I just noticed that the function cho_solve() is implemented in both 
> basic.py and decomp.py in the linalg package.  In __init__.py, decomp is 
> imported after basic, so its implementation is used.  Both are wrappers 
> of the lapack function potrs,  and they do almost exactly the same 
> thing, but the implementation in basic.py handles an additional boolean 
> keyword argument, 'overwrite_b'.
>
> Any objections if I merge the two into one implementation in basic.py 
> (where the solvers seem to live), and keep the extra keyword argument?
>
>   

Minor change to that suggestion--I'd update the version in decomp.py, 
and remove it from basic.py.

Warren