Re: [Matplotlib-users] Grid line over shadows actual plotted line

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

>>>>> "Eric" == Eric Firing <ef...@ha...> writes:

    Eric> The rc file is already pretty big--we might instead consider
    Eric> making axisbelow(True) the hardwired default.  It seems

I already committed this change, but your comments on bloating rc
files are well taken.

    Eric> logical to me.  It would be good to hear from others--are
    Eric> there people who like the present default and/or prefer
    Eric> adding this option to the rc collection?

    Eric> Looking at the code a little more, I wonder whether the best
    Eric> way to handle this might not be by taking advantage of
    Eric> zorder more consistently.  I think we could spread out the
    Eric> default zorders, assign a suitable zorder to the axis

They don't need to be spread out per say, since these are floats we
can subdivide them ad nauseaum.  Helper functions would make this more
intuitive, like

  myobj.set_zorder(zhelper.between(gridline, myline))

    Eric> I think this could make the code and interface simpler, more
    Eric> self-consistent, and more flexible.  (My remarks are based
    Eric> on only a quick look, so I may be missing something
    Eric> important.)

But people will still want to set defaults...

JDH