You know I use it a lot. Is there someway to check it out ahead of time? My main concern is with my plots that are embedded in various GUI elements. I sometimes did some weird things there,
On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 10:33 AM, Neil Toronto <[email protected]> wrote: > Plot has been converted to Typed Racket in the upcoming Racket 6.2. > > I'm strongly considering taking this opportunity to improve the API. The > change is backward-incompatible, however, so I need input from those of you > who use Plot a lot. > > In particular, recent experience with Pict3D makes it clear that the type > of the `plot` function shouldn't be this: > > (-> (Treeof (U nonrenderer renderer2d)) ... (U Void (Instance Snip%))) > > but should be this instead: > > (-> (Treeof (U nonrenderer renderer2d)) ... Plot) > > where a `Plot` instance is a value that can be queried for its properties > (such as the legend, plot bounds, ticks, etc.) and just happens to print in > DrRacket as an interactive snip. The type of `plot3d` would be changed to > return `Plot3D` instances. > > Casual uses wouldn't see any change at all. > > However, functions that receive or return plots, *which also put contracts > on plots*, would have to change to use `plot?` instead of (is-a?/c snip%), > or use (require plot/snip), a new compatibility module, instead of (require > plot). > > How many programs of yours would this change break? > > Any objections? Any suggestions? > > Neil ⊥ > ____________________ > Racket Users list: > http://lists.racket-lang.org/users >
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