On 04/01/2011 10:47 AM, Benjamin Root wrote: > Just had a thought and I am curious about what others think. > > Now that we have agreed that calling a plotting function with empty data > should always be considered valid, should it also automatically advance > the colorcycle? I think it should.
I agree. Fortunately, that is the present behavior, at least with this simple test: plot([1,2,3]) plot([], []) plot([3,2,1]) Eric > > Here is a use-case: consider a user who is plotting temperature in three > regions over time in one subplot, and surface pressure over time for > those same three regions. Let's say the thermometer in second region > started reporting only NaNs. If empty data did not advance the color > cycle, then the line for the temperature plot of the third region will > be same as the line for the pressure plot for the second region, leading > to mis-leading interpretation that the thermometer in the third region > was the one that broke. > > This is a really simple example, but I can see this being harder to > ensure for more complicated plots the depend on the automatic color cycling. > > Ben Root > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Create and publish websites with WebMatrix > Use the most popular FREE web apps or write code yourself; > WebMatrix provides all the features you need to develop and > publish your website. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ms-webmatrix-sf > > > > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-devel mailing list > Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Create and publish websites with WebMatrix Use the most popular FREE web apps or write code yourself; WebMatrix provides all the features you need to develop and publish your website. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ms-webmatrix-sf _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
