yosefm/scipy — comment on commit 4bd542c0295024a45e3c3aa5a0ede4c25cbc1ef7
File: scipy/optimize/minpack.py line 288
By dlaxalde:

I think that this test (`if numvars > numeq`) appears to be useless since minpack routines (both `lmder` and `lmdif`) will eventually check this and exit with code 0 *Improper input parameters.*, which will be caught later in `leastsq`.