Let CHOLMOD hand memory allocation. Increase test coverage and remove some unused methods.

Author: andreasnoack

base/linalg/symmetric.jl

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ typealias HermOrSym{T,S} Union(Hermitian{T,S}, Symmetric{T,S})
 typealias RealHermSymComplexHerm{T<:Real,S} Union(Hermitian{T,S}, Symmetric{T,S}, Hermitian{Complex{T},S})
 
 size(A::HermOrSym, args...) = size(A.data, args...)
-getindex(A::Symmetric, i::Integer) = ((q, r) = divrem(i - 1, size(A, 1)); A[r + 1, q + 1])
+getindex(A::HermOrSym, i::Integer) = ((q, r) = divrem(i - 1, size(A, 1)); A[r + 1, q + 1])
 getindex(A::Symmetric, i::Integer, j::Integer) = (A.uplo == 'U') == (i < j) ? getindex(A.data, i, j) : getindex(A.data, j, i)
 getindex(A::Hermitian, i::Integer, j::Integer) = (A.uplo == 'U') == (i < j) ? getindex(A.data, i, j) : conj(getindex(A.data, j, i))
 full(A::Symmetric) = copytri!(copy(A.data), A.uplo)