On Feb 7, 2007, at 10:21 AM, John Hunter wrote: > On 2/7/07, Edin Salkovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Why can't mpl's figures be pickled? > > The main thing is we need to add pickle support for all of mpl's > extension code > > http://docs.python.org/lib/node321.html > > In earlier attempts people got stuck with trying to pickle the > CXX extension code, which was causing some problems, but these > problems may be fixed in more recent versions of CXX. Todd Miller was > the last person to look at this in some detail, I think. > I think Todd did get it to work, but I'll copy him on this just to make sure.
> Other hinderances may come from the GUI layer, since figures store > pointers to their canvases which in some cases come from GUI extension > code that may not support pickling. But we can fairly easy decouple > the figure from the canvas at pickle time and deal with pure mpl, > numpy and python objects. The main work is to add pickle > serialization to the mpl extension code. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, > security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your > job easier. > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache > Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel? > cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier. Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
