From b9b6e302aa2fc45731ed490ae528b93a13f5e2de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: conrad <conrad@localhost.localdomain>
Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2022 16:07:57 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] ensure output matrix is reset on nonconformant input

---
 include/armadillo_bits/fn_chol.hpp | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/armadillo_bits/fn_chol.hpp b/include/armadillo_bits/fn_chol.hpp
index c65ef622..8edbf046 100644
--- a/include/armadillo_bits/fn_chol.hpp
+++ b/include/armadillo_bits/fn_chol.hpp
@@ -95,7 +95,11 @@ chol
   
   out = X.get_ref();
   
-  arma_debug_check( (out.is_square() == false), "chol(): given matrix must be square sized" );
+  if((arma_config::debug) && (out.is_square() == false))
+    {
+    out.reset();
+    arma_stop_logic_error("chol(): given matrix must be square sized");
+    }
   
   if(out.is_empty())
     {