On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 10:44 AM, David M. Kaplan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I also moved a bunch of functions having to do with numerics and > geometry from cbook and mlab into a separate file called > numerical_methods.py as was discussed a while back. This is fairly easy > to undo if a problem, but this seems logical to me. Hi David, I don't mind a reorganization, but there are a few things about this that I think we can improve upon. In this case, I think a partial solution, moving some of the functions but not others with no clear reason why some remain and some were moved, may be worse than doing nothing since people won't know where to look when they need something. I would be in favor of either putting everything in mlab, which is my preference, or moving everything but the matlab compatibility functions. One other possibility which we raised last time is to put all the geometry functions in one place, eg in a "geom" or "geometry" module and leave everything else in mlab. Two other points * the name numerical_methods is too long, let's find something nice and short * everything that gets moved should have the original function left in place with a deprecation warning that points to the replcaement in the help string and in the function call. The old function can just forward the call onto the new function, but it is a bit tough for regular users who may be relying on a function to just see it gone with no idea where to look for the replacement. Also, include a mpl version or date for any function deprecated so that we can know later when to remove it, eg after one or two release cycles. As it is, we have lots of deprecated functions with no obvious date or version stamp when they were deprecated. Anyway, thanks for the fixes and I hope these suggestions aren't too onerous. JDH ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
