diff -r d59bea55db9b -r c445c931472f src/amd/amd_control.c
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+++ b/src/amd/amd_control.c	Mon Dec 06 13:09:21 2010 +0100
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+/* ========================================================================= */
+/* === AMD_control ========================================================= */
+/* ========================================================================= */
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+/* AMD, Copyright (c) Timothy A. Davis,                                      */
+/* Patrick R. Amestoy, and Iain S. Duff.  See ../README.txt for License.     */
+/* email: davis at cise.ufl.edu    CISE Department, Univ. of Florida.        */
+/* web: http://www.cise.ufl.edu/research/sparse/amd                          */
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+/* User-callable.  Prints the control parameters for AMD.  See amd.h
+ * for details.  If the Control array is not present, the defaults are
+ * printed instead.
+ */
+
+#include "amd_internal.h"
+
+GLOBAL void AMD_control
+(
+    double Control [ ]
+)
+{
+    double alpha ;
+    Int aggressive ;
+
+    if (Control != (double *) NULL)
+    {
+        alpha = Control [AMD_DENSE] ;
+        aggressive = Control [AMD_AGGRESSIVE] != 0 ;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        alpha = AMD_DEFAULT_DENSE ;
+        aggressive = AMD_DEFAULT_AGGRESSIVE ;
+    }
+
+    PRINTF (("\nAMD version %d.%d.%d, %s: approximate minimum degree ordering\n"
+        "    dense row parameter: %g\n", AMD_MAIN_VERSION, AMD_SUB_VERSION,
+        AMD_SUBSUB_VERSION, AMD_DATE, alpha)) ;
+
+    if (alpha < 0)
+    {
+        PRINTF (("    no rows treated as dense\n")) ;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        PRINTF ((
+        "    (rows with more than max (%g * sqrt (n), 16) entries are\n"
+        "    considered \"dense\", and placed last in output permutation)\n",
+        alpha)) ;
+    }
+
+    if (aggressive)
+    {
+        PRINTF (("    aggressive absorption:  yes\n")) ;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        PRINTF (("    aggressive absorption:  no\n")) ;
+    }
+
+    PRINTF (("    size of AMD integer: %d\n\n", sizeof (Int))) ;
+}