Re: [matplotlib-devel] Inconsistent naming of legend points

[Chao Y. <cha...@gm...>]

Yes, I am only a user not a developer.
the different names make me confused at the beginning, it's only last night
I realised this
after more than 1 years use of matplotlib.
New beginners would be less confused if a unified name is used.

Chao

2012/4/19 Jae-Joon Lee <lee...@gm...>

> I think what we may do is to make the default value of "scatterponts"
> to None, and if None, set it to the value of numpoints.
> But, I want to hear how others think about it.
>
> Regards,
>
> -JJ
>
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 11:39 PM, Pim Schellart <P.S...@as...>
> wrote:
> > Dear all,
> >
> > there is an inconsistency in the naming of the variable that describes
> > the number of points to display in the legend.
> > For `plt.plot` and `plt.errorbar` it is called "numpoints" but for
> > `plt.scatter` it is called "scatterpoints".
> > It would be less confusing if both could be set with a simple
> > "numpoints" in the legend function.
> > Please let me know what you think.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> >
> > Pim Schellart
> >
> >
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