From 4af7de69106155161407dbac048b419619cdcb89 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Martin Stancsics <martin.stancsics@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2024 14:51:01 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Improve code readability

---
 src/glum/_glm.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/glum/_glm.py b/src/glum/_glm.py
index 9c9fb53d..e490550d 100644
--- a/src/glum/_glm.py
+++ b/src/glum/_glm.py
@@ -940,7 +940,9 @@ def _set_up_for_fit(self, y: np.ndarray) -> None:
             elif (self.lower_bounds is None) and (self.upper_bounds is None):
                 if np.all(np.asarray(self.l1_ratio) == 0):
                     self._solver = "irls-ls"
-                elif getattr(self, "alpha", 1) == 0 and not self.alpha_search:
+                elif (
+                    hasattr(self, "alpha") and self.alpha == 0 and not self.alpha_search
+                ):
                     self._solver = "irls-ls"
                 else:
                     self._solver = "irls-cd"