Re: [matplotlib-devel] Re: Another try at interactive gui thread

[Fernando P. <Fer...@co...>]

Baptiste Carvello wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> here is an imporved version of the patch (minor bug corrected + diffed 
> against latest CVS).

Just a note: are you aware of the gui_thread module in scipy?  It was written 
exactly to do this (though it's currently WX-specific, I think), and it has 
seen a pretty extensive amount of work.  I would much rather see a generic, 
external solution be tested and improved than a matplotlib-specific rather 
intrusive patch.  Don't take it badly, I can tell you've put a lot of work 
into this, but this kind of problem is IMHO best addressed by a more generic 
mechanism.  The kind of attribute access which python allows opens the door 
for such a solution, as gui_thread has shown.

gui_thread currently needs testing and improvements, but I think in the long 
run it is a cleaner, better alternative.

Just my 2 cents.

Cheers,

f