Re: [Matplotlib-users] scatter plot with constant x

[Michael D. <md...@st...>]

On 06/06/2012 12:42 PM, Ethan Gutmann wrote:
>> ...
>> No, but you can do this:
>>
>> plt.plot([3] * 4, [60, 80, 120, 180], ...)
> Using int16, int32, float32 get progressively slower to the default float64 case listed on line [5], changing the datatype in other methods doesn't result in nearly as large a speed up as it does in the last case.
>
Interesting result.  Note, however, that matplotlib will eventually turn 
all data arrays into float64 at rendering time, so any speed advantage 
to using integers will be lost by the subsequent conversion, I suspect.

Mike