Re: [Matplotlib-users] Problem with contains() on an arrow

[Daniel H. <dh...@gm...>]

Bump for this topic; I'd still love to know what the right thing is to do
here.

On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 10:08 PM, Daniel Hyams <dh...@gm...> wrote:

> Hmm, I just found out that if I change path.Path.contains_point to use
> "point_on_path" instead of "point_in_path", the containment tests work
> properly.  I'm not that familiar with the path code...is the difference
> that one is testing for polygonal insideness, and one is testing for
> literally being on the "stroke"?  If so, do we have to make sure that the
> proper one is called if there are no polygons involved in the path?
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 9:28 PM, Daniel Hyams <dh...@gm...> wrote:
>
>> I've run into a strange problem with contains() on an arrow; there is a
>> large area to the left of the arrow that insists that it is contained
>> within the arrow.  Small runnable sample attached.
>>
>> I've looked at the path for the arrow, and it looks fine to me.  I even
>> went so far as to hack a STOP onto the end of the path, but that resulted
>> in the same behavior.
>>
>> Can anyone else confirm this behavior?  matplotlib 1.1.1 is what I'm
>> using.  Seen on both Windows, Linux, and OSX.
>>
>> --
>> Daniel Hyams
>> dh...@gm...
>>
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> Daniel Hyams
> dh...@gm...
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