Steve, I am aware of the caveats associated with the "name" attribute, which is why the code I sent you attempts to do the right thing when it doesn't exist. I hadn't considered the case of stdout, but you could probably detect situations like that by testing to see if the extension is the empty string:
> # figure out what the format is > if extension is None or extension == '': > ... However, this variety of special case handling could make things more confusing for beginning users. I think ultimately you should do whatever you think strikes the best balance between convenience and clarity. On Jul 21, 2006, at 7:27 PM, Steven Chaplin wrote: > > I think an explicit 'format' argument is better than reading a 'name' > attribute which only works sometimes. In general I tend to agree with you, but I'd like to see Just Work when writing to an open file. I don't have a lot of stake in this either way, since I spend most of my time with matplotlib pushing the RGB data onto wxPython widgets. Ken ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
