[matplotlib-devel] RFC: Moving plots out of axes

2013-03-15 Thread Todd
Currently, many of the plot types reside in axes. This makes sense from a structural standpoint, since the plots are generally a part of an axes. However, it makes things more difficult from a practical standpoint. First, it means that the axes class is huge, with both core axes-related methods

Re: [matplotlib-devel] How to contribute a new kind of plot

2013-03-15 Thread Paul Hobson
On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 1:50 AM, Pierre Barbier de Reuille pie...@barbierdereuille.net wrote: Hello, for my own research, I have implemented a function plotting datasets as violin plots ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violin_plot ). I attach an example output that I am using. It is fairly

Re: [matplotlib-devel] RFC: Moving plots out of axes

2013-03-15 Thread Nathaniel Smith
On 15 Mar 2013 16:50, Todd toddr...@gmail.com wrote: Within the axes constructor, the constructor would run through each of these modules and store them as attributes with the same name as the function and the function itself being the contents. At least if me understanding is correct, this

Re: [matplotlib-devel] RFC: Moving plots out of axes

2013-03-15 Thread Thomas Kluyver
On 15 March 2013 17:18, Nathaniel Smith n...@pobox.com wrote: On 15 Mar 2013 16:50, Todd toddr...@gmail.com wrote: Within the axes constructor, the constructor would run through each of these modules and store them as attributes with the same name as the function and the function itself