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[Matplotlib-users] figure() does not create new figure.

[Shin <sd...@em...>]

Currently, figure() is the same as figure(1).
But, I think a better behavior of figure is:
figure() is the same as figure(n+1) where n is the maximum handle number 
of opened figures. So, figure() always creates a new figure.
This is exactly MATLAB is doing.
Any comment?

Daehyok Shin
UNC-CH

Re: [Matplotlib-users] figure() does not create new figure.

[John H. <jdh...@ac...>]

>>>>> "Shin" == Shin  <sd...@em...> writes:

    Shin> Currently, figure() is the same as figure(1).  But, I think
    Shin> a better behavior of figure is: figure() is the same as
    Shin> figure(n+1) where n is the maximum handle number of opened
    Shin> figures. So, figure() always creates a new figure.  This is
    Shin> exactly MATLAB is doing.  Any comment?

Looks like a bug - thanks.

Is anybody relying on the fact the figure() currently returns the
current figure if it exists?  This is basically the role of gcf,
anyway, which creates a figure none exists and returns it, otherwise
it returns the current figure.

So figure should auto-increment, as you suggest.

JDH