On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 7:08 PM, Eric Wieser <wieser.eric+nu...@gmail.com> wrote: > As likely one of the primary users, Tom - does the function name seem > reasonable? > > Eric > > > On Mon, Mar 12, 2018, 21:45 Thomas Caswell <tcasw...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> As commented in the OP, this would be very useful for Matplotlib. >> >> Tom >> >> On Fri, Mar 9, 2018 at 1:42 PM Kirit Thadaka <kirit.thad...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> Hi! >>> >>> I've created a PR to add a function called "histogram_bin_edges" which >>> will allow a user to calculate the bins used by the histogram for some data >>> without requiring the entire histogram to be calculated. >>> >>> https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/10591#issuecomment-371863472 >>> >>> This function allows one set of bins to be computed, and reused across >>> multiple histograms which gives more easily comparable results than using >>> separate bins for each histogram.
Given that the bin selection are data driven, transferring them across datasets might not be so useful. (Aside I usually pick the bin_edges returned by the first histogram to use for any follow-up histograms, or pick something on a common range.) >>> >>> Please let me know if you have any suggestions on how to improve this PR. >>> >>> Thanks! as a bystander: LGTM and I think it's a good idea Josef >>> >>> - >>> Kirit >>> _______________________________________________ >>> NumPy-Discussion mailing list >>> NumPy-Discussion@python.org >>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NumPy-Discussion mailing list >> NumPy-Discussion@python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion > > > _______________________________________________ > NumPy-Discussion mailing list > NumPy-Discussion@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion > _______________________________________________ NumPy-Discussion mailing list NumPy-Discussion@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
