old_contents: # Last Change: Sat Jun 09 07:00 PM 2007 J
  
  #========================================================
  # Constants used throughout the module (def args, etc...)
  #========================================================
  # This is the default dimension for representing confidence ellipses
  DEF_VIS_DIM = [0, 1]
  DEF_ELL_NP = 100
  DEF_LEVEL = 0.39
  #=====================================================================
  # "magic number", that is number used to control regularization and co
  # Change them at your risk !
  #=====================================================================
  
  # max deviation allowed when comparing double (this is actually stupid,
  # I should actually use a number of decimals)
  _MAX_DBL_DEV    = 1e-10
  
  # max conditional number allowed
  _MAX_COND       = 1e8
  _MIN_INV_COND   = 1/_MAX_COND
  
  # Default alpha for regularization
  _DEF_ALPHA  = 1e-1
  
  # Default min delta for regularization
  _MIN_DBL_DELTA  = 1e-5
  
  
new_contents: # Last Change: Sat Jun 09 08:00 PM 2007 J
  
  #========================================================
  # Constants used throughout the module (def args, etc...)
  #========================================================
  # This is the default dimension for representing confidence ellipses
  DEF_VIS_DIM = (0, 1)
  DEF_ELL_NP = 100
  DEF_LEVEL = 0.39
  #=====================================================================
  # "magic number", that is number used to control regularization and co
  # Change them at your risk !
  #=====================================================================
  
  # max deviation allowed when comparing double (this is actually stupid,
  # I should actually use a number of decimals)
  _MAX_DBL_DEV    = 1e-10
  
  # max conditional number allowed
  _MAX_COND       = 1e8
  _MIN_INV_COND   = 1/_MAX_COND
  
  # Default alpha for regularization
  _DEF_ALPHA  = 1e-1
  
  # Default min delta for regularization
  _MIN_DBL_DELTA  = 1e-5
  
  
subject: Set def arguments to immutable to avoid nasty side effect.