heredocs aren´t data (was Re: Should gnuplot become a programming environment?)

[Karl R. <ra...@un...>]

On 30.10.2014 21:00, Philipp K. Janert wrote:

> variables. It kept no memory of the data
> plotted - it read it from scratch every time
> it was plotted again.
> 
> What's different about heredocs (and why I
> refer to them as "state") is that now gnuplot
> has a facility for "remembering" data sets
> between plots. 

But heredocs are just text files, only they´re read from memory
instead of file system. The whole parsings is done identically (as i
understand), and has to be re-done on every plot.

I don´t think that´s "stored data", but rather a very convenient,
transparent kind of a temporary file.

Regarding heredocs as a temporary file also resolves the issue about
saving it. Nobody would expect it to save.

  Karl