SF.net SVN: matplotlib: [5687] trunk/matplotlib/API_CHANGES

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Revision: 5687
          http://matplotlib.svn.sourceforge.net/matplotlib/?rev=5687&view=rev
Author:   mdboom
Date:     2008-06-27 06:33:33 -0700 (Fri, 27 Jun 2008)

Log Message:
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Add information about numpy copies.  Add suggested replacement for offset_copy().

Modified Paths:
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    trunk/matplotlib/API_CHANGES

Modified: trunk/matplotlib/API_CHANGES
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--- trunk/matplotlib/API_CHANGES	2008-06-27 13:31:53 UTC (rev 5686)
+++ trunk/matplotlib/API_CHANGES	2008-06-27 13:33:33 UTC (rev 5687)
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@
     See transforms.py for a description of the design of the new
     transformation framework.
 
+    For efficiency, many of these functions return views into Numpy
+    arrays.  This means that if you hold on to a reference to them,
+    their contents may change.  If you want to store a snapshot of
+    their current values, use the Numpy array method copy().
+
     The view intervals are now stored only in one place -- in the Axes
     instance, not in the formatter instances as well.  This means
     formatters must get their limits from their Axis, which in turn
@@ -122,6 +127,8 @@
 
       Transform.inverse_xy_tup(points)		Transform.inverted().transform(points)
 
+      offset_copy(trans, x, y)                  trans + Affine2D().translate(x, y)
+
     axes.py
       Axes.get_position()			Axes.get_position()
         [Axes.get_position() used to return a list of points, not it


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