Re: [matplotlib-devel] What is rcParams['units'] for?

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

On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 10:03 AM, James Evans <jre...@ea...> wrote:
> Honestly, I do not know what the units rc param is for.  Personally I try to stay away from anything rc parameter related.
>
> I would guess that it was put in to handle default units, but the unit system handles defaults based on the type of data being plotted.  Perhaps it was added in the first draft of the unit code and never removed when it was revised?
>
> As far as I know, there is no need for it.

Unfortunately, I can't recall what it was added for either.  As Eric
notes, it doesn't even make it into matplotlibrc.template, which
usually has a definition of the param, and I can't find it used
anywhere in the code base either.

JDH