Re: [Matplotlib-users] large data sets and performance

[Peter G. <pgr...@ge...>]

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>    Peter> 3) When I do:
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>        plot1 = plot(arange(10000), arange(20000,30000))
>        lod, aa = False, False
>        set(l, 'lod', lod, 'antialiased', aa)
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>This code isn't correct.  plot returns a list of lines.  The set
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Of course.. changed the 'l' to 'plot1' because I hate how my 'l's look 
like '1's.. But i didn't do the same in the 'set' command..  I meant it 
though..   :)
 

>        lines1 = plot(arange(10000), arange(20000,30000))
>        set(lines1, 'antialiased', False)
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>        lines2 = plot([1,2,3])  # a small plot
>        set(lines2, 'antialiased', True)
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>Now lines1 is aliased and lines2 is antialiased.
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Great! This proides awesome flexibility!

Thanks for all the info. I will get a 
usable-skeleton-proof-of-concept-type app going with GD first, and once 
that is working, will get experiment with agg.

Peter