Re: [matplotlib-devel] New backend API

[Eric F. <ef...@ha...>]

Darren Dale wrote:
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> As of svn 2181, if you use a *Agg backend or the postscript backend with the 
> new API, the following script will yield a gap in the line, see attached. I 
> guess we need to decide if this is desireable behavior in general, I think it 
> is pretty useful myself.

Darren,

Yes, this is *very* desireable behavior.  It should be in all backends. 
  If it were, then the masked array line plotting could take advantage 
of it, resulting in faster and simpler code.  I can't think of any 
possible disadvantage to this behavior.

Thanks for doing it.

Eric