Re: [matplotlib-devel] overridding builtin variables in pylab

[Perry G. <pe...@st...>]

On Jan 10, 2005, at 6:23 AM, John Hunter wrote:

>>>>>> "John" == John Hunter <jdh...@ac...> writes:
>
>     John> I'm happy with Fernando's proposed names amin, amax, around,
>     John> etc.  If everyone else is too, I propose Andrew implement
>     John> his patch, provide the compatibility names, and update the
>     John> relevant docs to advertise this prominently: API_CHANGES,
>     John> CHANGELOG, tutorial and users guide.  Particularly in the
>     John> latter two, I think we should warn people about the
>     John> potential performance hit of using the builtin min, max and
>     John> friends on large arrays.
>
> Hmm, another thought.
>
> If we are going to make this change for the pylab namespace, then it
> seems we might as well make the change in the numerix namespace as
> well, since all the same arguments apply.  I think doing different
> things in numerix and pylab *is* a recipe for confusion.  What do you
> think Todd, does this seem sensible?
>
I can't argue with that (though Todd may have some comments of his 
own). In fact it would seem silly if numerix wasn't consistent.