Re: [matplotlib-devel] Pull request

[Pierre H. <pie...@cr...>]

Le 25/10/2013 14:57, Pierre Haessig a écrit :
> 2) default NFFT value being hidden from views
>
> used to be def specgram(x, NFFT=256,  Fs=2, ...
> now is     def specgram(x, NFFT=None, Fs=None
>
> I think that NFFT is an important parameter of the spectrum
> computation. It should not be /hidden from the immediate view of the
> user/. The fact it is set to 256 is an arbitrary choice and I think it
> even teaches something to the user (if he doesn't know what it is).
> Such a fixed value is an "invitation to change it". Now with
> NFFT=None, it is more likely to imply "a good choice was made for
> you", which is not true (because there is no such good choice for all
> datasets).
My, mistake, this 2nd point is pointless!

I got confused because I'm not familiar with the docstring convention
which make signatures are hard-written in the docstring. Thanks Todd for
pointing me this.

best,
Pierre