Re: [ gnuplot-Patches-1105717 ] Add '=' special file to reread '-' inline data

[Hans-Bernhard B. <br...@ph...>]

Ethan Merritt wrote:
>Sampo Kellom=E4ki (sampo2)

>>BTW, I would much prefer to reply by email and you would get
>>quicker replies. However, the message I got from you by mail did
>>not have usable reply address. This is bad netiquette in my
>>opinion.

Netiquette deals originally with USENET, not Web-based messaging forum=20
like this one.

And given the level of severity the spamming problem has reached, I'm=20
afraid offring a free-for-all plain email address must be considered a=20
dangerous thing to offer these days.

> If you want to join us in Email discussions, please post
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I fully second Ethan on that.  Note that if you don't subscribe, all=20
submissionss to gnuplot-beta will be put on hold until an admin (i.e.:=20
myself) OKs them.

>>I'd say that=20
>>a proper redesign using temporary file for pipes might be
>>the best thing to do.

What exactly do you mean by that?  Do you propose gnuplot should
backup all data it receives from a redirected stdin to a disk file?
I really don't think that's a good idea.  Caching it in memory, maybe,=20
but not to disk.

[...]
> the copy already stored in gnuplot's internal data structures.

Unfortunately, not quite.  Not if "fast" datafile reading (which doesn't =

keep all columns of a single line, must less the entire datafile) is in u=
se.

>>If you can confirm that '=3D' is the official way to do it, I
>>can move on with my life

> There can be no promise that this will become "the official way"
> when we don't even have a fully-working example at the moment.

I think it would make more sense to change the meaning of

	plot '-', ''

from being equivalent to

	plot '-', '-'

(if that's what users wanted, they only have to put in the missing '-')=20
to being equivalent to the

	plot '-', '=3D'

proposed here.  I really don't think we need another special filename=20
for this.