[matplotlib-devel] request: figaspect API change

[<seb...@fr...>]

  Hi,
First of all thank you for this great package.

1/
The matshow function computes the aspect ratio of the figure with:

  in matplotlib/pylab.py
  def matshow(*args,**kw):
    ...
    # Extract actual aspect ratio of array and make appropriately sized f=
igure
    w,h =3D figaspect(arr)
    ...

before displaying it.
figaspect takes the array as an argument and compute its aspect ratio wit=
h:

  in matplotlib/figure.py
  def figaspect(arr):
    ...
    # Extract the aspect ratio of the array
    nr,nc =3D arr.shape[:2]
    arr_ratio =3D float(nr)/nc
    ...


Could it be changed such that figaspect takes a float as its argument and=
 the 2
lines to compute arr_ratio are moved from figaspect to matshow before cal=
ling
figaspect ? (+ change the figaspect doc string)
It will make figaspect more general and allow us to create a figure with =
a given
aspect ratio without copying/pasting of nearly all the figaspect machiner=
y.

2/
Does anybody intend to add a Patch object to draw polygons with holes (I =
do not
know how to do it) ?

Thank you,

   Seb