Ted Drain wrote: > Does this proposal change the way people access this > functionality? We have a lot of scripts (and a lot of users with > scripts) that use basemap and it tends to be extremely annoying to > people when their scripts suddenly break. > > Ted >
Ted: Unfortunately it would break scripts, but only the initial import. Instead of from matplotlib.toolkits.basemap import Basemap you would do from mpl_toolkits.basemap.api import Basemap Everything else would be the same. -Jeff > At 03:34 PM 1/9/2008, Andrew Straw wrote: > >> As the author of the only other known MPL toolkit (at least in the MPL >> tree), I'm happy with the idea of using a namespace package for >> mpl_toolkits. I understand your proposal to mean that each toolkit would >> have a directory structure: >> >> setup.py >> lib/ >> mpl_toolkits/ >> __init__.py (empty) >> basemap/ >> __init__.py >> other_files.py >> >> This is OK with me, but I question is whether it's necessary to have the >> "lib" directory -- it seems entirely redundant. I'm fine with either >> way, though. >> >> -Andrew >> >> Jeff Whitaker wrote: >> >>> Now that the transforms branch has merged with the trunk, I'd like to >>> resurrect namespace packages so that toolkits will work again when >>> matplotlib is installed as an egg. As was discussed in a previous >>> thread, all __init__.py files in the toolkit hierarchy must be empty >>> (aside declare_namespace statement). Since lib/matplotlib/__init__.py >>> contains a lot of important stuff, I think the path of least resistance >>> is to move the toolkits out of lib/matplotlib and into a separate >>> directory lib/mpl_toolkits. The semantics of importing a toolkit would >>> have to change from >>> >>> import matplotlib.toolkits.toolkit >>> >>> to >>> >>> import mpl_toolkit.toolkit. >>> >>> Of course, all the toolkit __init__.py files would need to be emptied. >>> In the case of basemap, this would be changing imports from >>> >>> from matplotlib.toolkits.basemap import Basemap >>> >>> to something like >>> >>> from mpl_toolkits.basemap.api import Basemap >>> >>> All the stuff now imported directly into __init__.py would go in api.py. >>> >>> I've tried this in my local tree and it seems to work fine. Does this >>> sound reasonable? If there's general agreement, I can make the >>> necessary mods in matplotlib trunk and the mplsizer and basemap toolkits. >>> >>> -Jeff >>> >>> >>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. >> It's the best place to buy or sell services for >> just about anything Open Source. >> http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace >> _______________________________________________ >> Matplotlib-devel mailing list >> Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel >> > > Ted Drain Jet Propulsion Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It's the best place to buy or sell services for > just about anything Open Source. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-devel mailing list > Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel > -- Jeffrey S. Whitaker Phone : (303)497-6313 Meteorologist FAX : (303)497-6449 NOAA/OAR/PSD R/PSD1 Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] 325 Broadway Office : Skaggs Research Cntr 1D-124 Boulder, CO, USA 80303-3328 Web : http://tinyurl.com/5telg ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
