Christopher Barker wrote: > Eric Firing wrote: > >> Even without the automatic-redraw difference, the OO interface requires >> more typing, and more mental record-keeping, than the pylab interface. >> > > Yes, but I don't think that's inherent in an OO interface, it's just > that the quickie utilities are missing from the current OO interface. > > oh, and it's not mental record keeping -- it's explicit record keeping, > which is why I like it: > > F1 = OOlab.Figure() > F2 = OOlab.Figure() > > Isn't that better than trying to remember which is the current figure? > > >> Typing "plot(x,y)" is easier to do and remember than creating a figure, >> adding axes, and then typing "ax1.plot(x,y)". >> > > Why couldn't plot(x,y) create and return a figure object? Or an axis > object? -- I haven't thought it out too much yet. >
Chris: In the pylab interface, figure() returns a figure instance and plot(x,y) returns a list of Line2d instances. >>> from pylab import * >>> l = plot([1,2,3]) >>> l [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D instance at 0x3dcf738>] >>> f = figure() >>> f <matplotlib.figure.Figure instance at 0x3dcf710> >>> I guess I agree with Eric, I don't really see much benefit for the OO interface for interactive use. -Jeff -- Jeffrey S. Whitaker Phone : (303)497-6313 Meteorologist FAX : (303)497-6449 NOAA/OAR/PSD R/PSD1 Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] 325 Broadway Office : Skaggs Research Cntr 1D-124 Boulder, CO, USA 80303-3328 Web : http://tinyurl.com/5telg ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
