Minor cleanup here and there.

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extra : convert_revision : svn%3Afdd8eb12-d10e-0410-9acb-85c331704f74/trunk%403326

dlib/svm/empirical_kernel_map.h

@@ -68,35 +68,44 @@ namespace dlib
 
             // find out the value of the largest norm of the elements in basis_samples.
             const scalar_type max_norm = max(diag(kernel_matrix(kernel, basis_samples)));
+            // we will consider anything less than or equal to this number to be 0
+            const scalar_type eps = max_norm*std::numeric_limits<scalar_type>::epsilon();
 
             // Copy all the basis_samples into basis but make sure we don't copy any samples
             // that have length 0
             for (long i = 0; i < basis_samples.size(); ++i)
             {
                 const scalar_type norm = kernel(basis_samples(i), basis_samples(i));
-                if (norm > max_norm*std::numeric_limits<scalar_type>::epsilon())
+                if (norm > eps)
                 {
                     basis.push_back(basis_samples(i));
                 }
             }
 
             if (basis.size() == 0)
+            {
+                clear();
                 throw empirical_kernel_map_error("All basis_samples given to empirical_kernel_map::load() were zero vectors");
+            }
 
             matrix<scalar_type,0,0,mem_manager_type> K(kernel_matrix(kernel, basis)), U,W,V;
 
             if (svd2(false,true,K,U,W,V))
+            {
+                clear();
                 throw empirical_kernel_map_error("While loading empirical_kernel_map with data, SVD failed to converge.");
+            }
 
-            // we will consider anything less than or equal to this number to be 0
-            const scalar_type eps = max(W)*std::numeric_limits<scalar_type>::epsilon();
 
             // now count how many elements of W are non-zero
             const long num_not_zero = sum(W>eps);
 
             // Really, this should never happen.  But I'm checking for good measure.
             if (num_not_zero == 0)
+            {
+                clear();
                 throw empirical_kernel_map_error("While loading empirical_kernel_map with data, SVD failed");
+            }
 
             weights.set_size(num_not_zero, basis.size());
 

dlib/svm/empirical_kernel_map_abstract.h

@@ -32,10 +32,9 @@ namespace dlib
                 represent points in the kernel feature space defined by whatever kernel 
                 is used with this object. 
 
-                More precisely, to use this object you supply it with a particular kernel and 
-                a set of basis samples.  After that you can present it with new samples and it 
-                will project them into the part of kernel feature space spanned by your basis 
-                samples.   
+                To use the empirical_kernel_map you supply it with a particular kernel and a set of 
+                basis samples.  After that you can present it with new samples and it will project 
+                them into the part of kernel feature space spanned by your basis samples.   
                 
                 This means the empirical_kernel_map is a tool you can use to very easily kernelize 
                 any algorithm that operates on column vectors.  All you have to do is select a 
@@ -64,6 +63,13 @@ namespace dlib
             kernel map from data given by the user.
         !*/
 
+        empirical_kernel_map (
+        );
+        /*!
+            ensures
+                - this object is properly initialized
+        !*/
+
         void clear (
         );
         /*!
@@ -89,7 +95,7 @@ namespace dlib
                   subspace of the kernel feature space defined by the given kernel and the
                   given set of basis samples.  So after this function has been called you
                   will be able to project sample_type objects into kernel feature space
-                  and obtain the resulting vector as a normal column matrix.
+                  and obtain the resulting vector as a regular column matrix.
             throws
                 - empirical_kernel_map_error
                     This exception is thrown if we are unable to create a kernel map.