[SciPy-dev] test_lstsq failure

[Arnd Baecker]

On Thu, 8 Jun 2006, Nils Wagner wrote:

> Arnd Baecker wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > on a 64 Bit opteron I get with current svn:
> >
> > ======================================================================
> > FAIL: check_random_complex_overdet
> > (scipy.linalg.tests.test_basic.test_lstsq)
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> >   File
> > "/home/abaecker/BUILDS3/BuildDir/inst_numpy/lib/python2.4/site-packages/scipy/linalg/tests/test_basic.py",
> > line 413, in check_random_complex_overdet
> >     assert_array_almost_equal(x,direct_lstsq(a,b),3)
> >   File
> > "/home/abaecker/BUILDS3/BuildDir/inst_numpy/lib/python2.4/site-packages/numpy/testing/utils.py",
> > line 233, in assert_array_almost_equal
> >     assert cond,\
> > AssertionError:
> > Arrays are not almost equal (mismatch 77.7777777778%):
> >         Array 1: [[-0.0137+0.0173j  0.0037-0.0173j -0.0114+0.0119j]
> >  [ 0.0029-0.0356j  0.0086-0.034j   0.033 -0.0879j]
> >  [ 0.0041-0.0097j ...
> >         Array 2: [[-0.016 +0.0162j  0.003 -0.0171j -0.0148+0.009j ]
> >  [-0.0017-0.0405j  0.003 -0.036j   0.0256-0.0977j]
> >  [ 0.0038-0.0112j ...
> >
> > Best, Arnd
> >
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> r1934 | cookedm | 2006-06-08 05:12:30 +0200 (Thu, 08 Jun 2006) | 4 lines
>
> Fix scipy.linalg.tests.test_basic.test_lstsq.check_random_complex_overdet
> to use # of decimals, not a tolerance, as argument to
> assert_array_almost_equal.
> This exposes the bug again.

does "the bug" refer to the error above?

If so, then David knows about it and it is in good hands ;-)
(BTW the time-stamp above is different from the one at
http://projects.scipy.org/scipy/scipy/changeset/1934)

Arnd