Produce clearer error messages for malformed SPSA input #244
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I have found that usually when I make a mistake with the SPSA input, OpenBench simply says
Malformed SPSA Input, with no reference to where, why, or how the input is malformed.This PR detects and produces errors for the two most common (only?) causes of this message:
Parameters must have 7 fields, for <param name>is produced. When the line is blank, the line number is shown.<field name> must be numeric, for <param name>is produced.Example input:
Produces these errors: