Re: [Matplotlib-users] Controlling zorder of individual elements of the same type...

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

>>>>> "Fernando" == Fernando Perez <Fer...@co...> writes:
    Fernando> Well, the funny thing about my sometimes-odd results, is
    Fernando> that in python 2.3, list.sort _is_ stable:

    Fernando> http://py-stablesort.sourceforge.net/doc/2002_07_28_pythonowns_archive.html
    Fernando> http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2003-April/160326.html

    Fernando> So I'm not quite sure why I get odd results in a few
    Fernando> cases.  And I can't seem to find a reliable way to
    Fernando> repeat the behavior.

Hmm, I hesitate to say this, but I wonder if it's a bug in the stable
sort.  I also see the behavior you describe in ipython --
intermittently the order is wrong.  But when I add the extra ind to
the axes dsu sort, I never get it.

Changes in CVS.  Make sure you have revision - CHANGELOG 1.270

    Fernando> But thanks for the clarification on the zorder argument,
    Fernando> that's enough for me to get the behavior I need.

    Fernando> I'll update the zorder_demo example with a more explicit
    Fernando> docstring so others don't fall into the same confusion.


Thanks.

JDH