Re: [Matplotlib-users] "from pylab import *" will no longer override min() and max()

[Norbert N. <Nor...@gm...>]

Am Montag, 24. Januar 2005 16:09 schrieb John Hunter:
> >>>>> "Norbert" == Norbert Nemec <Nor...@gm...> writes:
>
>     Norbert> What about pulling all the plotting routines into a
>     Norbert> separate file that can be included by anyone who just
>     Norbert> wants the comfortable plotting commands without all the
>     Norbert> other namespace cluttering. pylab itself would then only
>     Norbert> contain lots of imports and all the namespace mangling.
>
> I think this is a good idea, especially since is a natural way to do
> it with the existing organization that shouldn't break much code.  We
> already have the two modules in place: matplotlib.pylab and pylab.
> The former would just export the plotting symbols defined therein and
> the latter would be the namespace aggregator.

Don't know, whether it is a good idea to make a distinction between pylab and 
matplotlib.pylab - It would be clearer to create a new module (maybe 
matplotlib.plotting, matplotlib.pyplot or whatever) and move all routines 
from pylab to that new module.

That would make clear: the term 'pylab' stands for the idea to create an 
environment that is as similar as possible to matlab.

For the question what the new module should contain: only a small, clear-cut 
set of routines. A regular module should only export what it defines itself. 
Re-exporting blurs the modularity of the library and makes it harder to 
understand.

Ciao,
Norbert

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