Re: [Matplotlib-users] animate histogram

[John H. <jd...@gm...>]

On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 3:25 PM, Christophe
Dupre<chr...@vh...> wrote:
> I just saw the email below from John, and I was wondering why using compound
> paths are "goo-gobs" faster than using rectangles(patches)?
>
> I've been using the candlestick function quite a bit lately. I guess using
> compound paths could make the candlestick function faster. I'll give it a
> try.
>

I haven't profiled it, so the go-gobs was a bit speculative, but each
Rectangle is a separate object with a separate graphics context and a
separate draw step.  By moving all this into a single object, the
compound path, you get a lot of savings.

JDH