Hi, Similar level of question: What is the policy on using scipy in matplotlib? I want to use linear interpolation, and simple_linear_interpolation in the cbook doesn't do what I want. I imagine that we are trying to avoid dependence on scipy.
Thanks, David On Mon, 2008-07-21 at 08:42 -0500, John Hunter wrote: > On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 7:51 AM, David Kaplan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 2) Can someone explain to me why is_string_like in the cbook doesn't > > just do isinstance(obj,str)? Is there anything "string like" that won't > > be caught be this isinstance call? > > In [65]: s = u'jdh' > > In [66]: isinstance(s, str) > Out[66]: False > > In [67]: isinstance(s, unicode) > Out[67]: True > > So we could check for str or unicode, but a user may be using a custom > string like class from some c++ extension code that is part of a large > in house API. The point is that we don't care if it *is* a string, we > just want it to act like a string > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_typing -- ********************************** David M. Kaplan Charge de Recherche 1 Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement Centre de Recherche Halieutique Mediterraneenne et Tropicale av. Jean Monnet B.P. 171 34203 Sete cedex France Phone: +33 (0)4 99 57 32 27 Fax: +33 (0)4 99 57 32 95 http://www.ur097.ird.fr/team/dkaplan/index.html ********************************** ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
