Is it possible to tell the Solver to prefer smaller or larger solutions? about kiwi HOT 3 OPEN

Have you tried suggesting values, or using weak constraints to give high bounds to the values?

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Well, I don't know what values to suggest or what concrete bounds to add as weak constraints. The valid range for x could be [5, 10], [100, 1000], etc. If the range was [100, 1000], should I just suggest any small value and even if it's not satisfied the solver will give me the closest possible solution? I haven't used the suggestValue feature yet, I will experiment with it.

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I'm not entirely sure how suggest value works. I don't believe Cassowary has any way of suggesting how values are iterated upon, that's more how finite domain constraint solvers work. Cassowary (perhaps all linear constraint solvers? I'm not an expert) is more "any solution that fits the constraint space is considered 'correct'", which makes it perfect for layouts et al. It will try to break the least number of constraints possible, with the exception of producing an error if any required constraints are broken.

Hope that helps! Maybe the maintainers can give some more pointed, technical insight. I too am curious if this is feasible in any deterministic way.

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