Add a free alias for parameters that are not fixed

easyscience · Oct 28, 2024 · fd35f29 · fd35f29
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diff --git a/src/easyscience/Objects/Variable.py b/src/easyscience/Objects/Variable.py
@@ -502,7 +502,8 @@ def __init__(
         error: Optional[Union[numbers.Number, np.ndarray]] = 0.0,
         min: Optional[numbers.Number] = -np.inf,
         max: Optional[numbers.Number] = np.inf,
-        fixed: Optional[bool] = False,
+        fixed: Optional[bool] = True,
+        free: Optional[bool] = False,
         **kwargs,
     ):
         """
@@ -721,6 +722,14 @@ def fixed(self, value: bool):
             raise ValueError
         self._fixed = value
 
+    @property
+    def free(self) -> bool:
+        return not self.fixed
+
+    @free.setter
+    def free(self, value: bool) -> None:
+        self.fixed = not value
+
     @property
     def error(self) -> float:
         """

diff --git a/src/easyscience/Objects/new_variable/parameter.py b/src/easyscience/Objects/new_variable/parameter.py
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ def __init__(
         variance: Optional[numbers.Number] = 0.0,
         min: Optional[numbers.Number] = -np.inf,
         max: Optional[numbers.Number] = np.inf,
-        fixed: Optional[bool] = False,
+        fixed: Optional[bool] = True,
+        free: Optional[bool] = False,
         unique_name: Optional[str] = None,
         description: Optional[str] = None,
         url: Optional[str] = None,
@@ -301,6 +302,14 @@ def fixed(self, fixed: bool) -> None:
             raise ValueError(f'{fixed=} must be a boolean. Got {type(fixed)}')
         self._fixed = fixed
 
+    @property
+    def free(self) -> bool:
+        return not self.fixed
+
+    @free.setter
+    def free(self, value: bool) -> None:
+        self.fixed = not value
+
     @property
     def bounds(self) -> Tuple[numbers.Number, numbers.Number]:
         """