Re: [Matplotlib-users] performance... plot_date Vs plot

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

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>It turns out that the difference in execution times between these two
>cases is explained by the fact that the default plot style for plot is
>'-' and the default plot style for date is 'o'. 
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Yes.. changing the style to '-' fixes the performance issue... great!

>There is a small change I can make which is to allow converter to be
>None for the case in which your dates are already epoch.  This will
>save some cycles, 
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Yes..  I would certainly be for it!.. But I'm biased - all my data is 
already epoch.. ;)

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