Make Expression.subs() always return a LinExpr instance

[linpy.git] / linpy / linexprs.py

diff --git a/linpy/linexprs.py b/linpy/linexprs.py
index ee6e39e..f361218 100644 (file)
--- a/linpy/linexprs.py
+++ b/linpy/linexprs.py
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ class LinExpr:
         for symbol in substitutions:
             if not isinstance(symbol, Symbol):
                 raise TypeError('symbols must be Symbol instances')
-        result = self._constant
+        result = Rational(self._constant)
         for symbol, coefficient in self._coefficients.items():
             expression = substitutions.get(symbol, symbol)
             result += coefficient * expression
@@ -348,10 +348,10 @@ class LinExpr:
         # Add implicit multiplication operators, e.g. '5x' -> '5*x'.
         string = LinExpr._RE_NUM_VAR.sub(r'\1*\2', string)
         tree = ast.parse(string, 'eval')
-        expr = cls._fromast(tree)
-        if not isinstance(expr, cls):
+        expression = cls._fromast(tree)
+        if not isinstance(expression, cls):
             raise SyntaxError('invalid syntax')
-        return expr
+        return expression
 
     def __repr__(self):
         string = ''
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ class LinExpr:
             return '({})'.format(string)
 
     @classmethod
-    def fromsympy(cls, expr):
+    def fromsympy(cls, expression):
         """
         Create a linear expression from a SymPy expression. Raise TypeError is
         the sympy expression is not linear.
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ class LinExpr:
         import sympy
         coefficients = []
         constant = 0
-        for symbol, coefficient in expr.as_coefficients_dict().items():
+        for symbol, coefficient in expression.as_coefficients_dict().items():
             coefficient = Fraction(coefficient.p, coefficient.q)
             if symbol == sympy.S.One:
                 constant = coefficient
@@ -405,23 +405,23 @@ class LinExpr:
                 symbol = Symbol(symbol.name)
                 coefficients.append((symbol, coefficient))
             else:
-                raise TypeError('non-linear expression: {!r}'.format(expr))
-        expr = LinExpr(coefficients, constant)
-        if not isinstance(expr, cls):
+                raise TypeError('non-linear expression: {!r}'.format(expression))
+        expression = LinExpr(coefficients, constant)
+        if not isinstance(expression, cls):
             raise TypeError('cannot convert to a {} instance'.format(cls.__name__))
-        return expr
+        return expression
 
     def tosympy(self):
         """
         Convert the linear expression to a SymPy expression.
         """
         import sympy
-        expr = 0
+        expression = 0
         for symbol, coefficient in self.coefficients():
             term = coefficient * sympy.Symbol(symbol.name)
-            expr += term
-        expr += self.constant
-        return expr
+            expression += term
+        expression += self.constant
+        return expression
 
 
 class Symbol(LinExpr):