Re: [Matplotlib-users] problem with RectangleSelector

[Eric F. <ef...@ha...>]

On 06/21/2010 06:10 AM, Matthias Michler wrote:
> Hello list,
>
> I'm encountering a strange problem with the RectangleSelector using the latest
> version of svn. Namely it doesn't work if it wasn't initialized as
> RS = RectangleSelector(...)
> but using
> RectangleSelector(...)
> in my script.
>
> I modified the example rectangle_selector.py from the folder examples/widgets
> to illustrate my observation.
>
> Can anybody reproduce my findings or even explain what is going on?

If you don't keep a reference to the RectangleSelector object, it 
vanishes--it is garbage-collected.

Eric

>
> Thanks in advance for any comments.
>
> Kind regards,
> Matthias