Thanks for doing this. This looks like quite an improvement! Why don't you go ahead and make a pull request. I think on the whole the idea is sound, I just have a few minor comments that can probably be dealt with more efficiently in a PR.
Mike On 04/12/2013 10:32 PM, Michiel de Hoon wrote: > Dear all, > > The animation code in matplotlib relies on timers to update the animated > figures. Currently a new timer is created by calling new_timer on a canvas, > as in > >>>> f = pylab.figure() >>>> timer = f.canvas.new_timer() > This seems a bit of a wrinkle. For example, you may want to associate a timer > with multiple figures, or with no figure at all; also you may want to > continue using a timer after a particular figure is closed. > > I would therefore propose to make timers independent of canvases. Something > like this: > >>>> from matplotlib import events >>>> timer = events.Timer() > This has the additional advantage of making the different backends more > similar to each other; in the current implementation some backends rely on > the canvas when making a timer, while others ignore it. > > I have made a branch on github that does exactly this; see > https://github.com/mdehoon/matplotlib/tree/Timer > I have verified that the animation examples still work correctly with all > backends. > > Any comments/suggestions/criticisms? If this seems a good idea, I can make a > pull request. > > Best, > -Michiel. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced > analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs for building > apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. Developers can use > our toolset for easy data analysis & visualization. Get a free account! > http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-devel mailing list > Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs for building apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. Developers can use our toolset for easy data analysis & visualization. Get a free account! http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
