Re: [Matplotlib-users] plot_date problem

[John H. <jdh...@ac...>]

>>>>> "Peter" == Peter Groszkowski <pgr...@ge...> writes:

    Peter> self.nonsingular(self.dataInterval.get_bounds()) TypeError:
    Peter> nonsingular() takes exactly 3 arguments (2 given)
    Peter> -------------

Should be 

  self.nonsingular(*self.dataInterval.get_bounds())

    Peter> 2) The auto-scaling in plot_date() does not scale properly
    Peter> in some special cases. Consider this:

The example seems to work now with the above change and the changes
you suggested in below.

    Peter> ticks.Base when int() gives zero. Also, to finalize this,
    Peter> one would have to write a DayMultiLocator type class for

I added DayMultiLocator to matplotlib.ticker

    Peter> the Weeks, otherwise when the number of weeks is close, but
    Peter> less then the number of weeks in numticks*months it will
    Peter> get crowded. This will probably be a little more involved
    Peter> than dealing with days, but perhaps one could use your
    Peter> existent WeekdayLocator class to simplify the problem.

A WeekMultiLocator would be useful, but it's not a priority for me.
If you come up with one, send it my way.

    Peter> Also note that there was an error in defining months in
    Peter> your code; I changed the line to:

    Peter> months = span/(SEC_PER_DAY*31) # approx

Thanks for the fix.


    Peter> Let me know what you think.

Looks good; thanks!

JDH