[matplotlib-devel] linestyles patch - please review

[Manuel M. <mm...@as...>]

Hello,

I have attached a patch that addresses the following:

   plot accepts the linestyles arguments '-','--','-.',':' [+ some more]
and the Collection class accepts the
   linestyle arguments 'solid','dashed','dashdot','dotted'.

This patch allows to use both notations. A test script is attached too. 
So its possible to use
   plot(x,y, linestyle='--')     # old (preferred) style
   plot(x,y, linestyle='dashed') # now also possible
and also
   contour(Z, linestyles='dotted') # old style
   contour(Z, linestyles=':')      # now also possible
The latter case is probably more useful than the first, but both work.

Any comments ?

Manuel