Alan W. Irwin wrote: > On 2010-10-09 09:06-0400 Hazen Babcock wrote: > >> >> I'm thinking about removing the plget/plset commmands from PLplot. I >> don't think anyone was using them and they are not yet in the docs as >> they were still in sort of a trial stage. If no one objects this will >> happen in the next few days. > > My understanding of the purpose of plget/plset was to get or set > values of the complete set of _all_ variables in the current stream. We > have many specialized functions to do that already for a seriously > incomplete set of stream variables, but the goal of plget/plset was to > allow access to the complete set of stream variables for those cases > where some user in one of our supported languages really, really > wanted to get/set an otherwise inaccessible stream variable. > > What is the current status? Do plget/set give access to the complete > set of stream variables now or is there more work required on the C > implementation?
It is currently in a partially completed stage. More work would need to be done to finish the C implementation. > I agree plget/plset are still in a trial stage, but that and the lack > of documentation/propagation (and completeness?) may be why nobody was > using them. Anyhow, I wouldn't worry a bit about current usage. > > Instead, the key question is whether you think complete access to > stream variables for all languages is worth having? If so, then I > would complete the C implementation (if that is required), document > what needs to be done (if anything) to keep everything in sync when one > of the other developers introduces or removes a stream variable, > and then ask for help with propagation/documentation. OTOH, if you > have decided after some reflection that plget/plset will never be > particularly useful when propagated, then you should probably remove > them with a really obvious commit message (including current status) > that would make it easy for later developers to find your work in our > svn repository and resurrect it if they have a different view about > the usefulness of plget/plset At this point I'd say that I'm leaning towards "not particularly useful". I guess I don't feel inspired enough about it to complete the implementation. My thinking is that it would be better to pull it out rather than leave it in in its quarter-completed state. -Hazen ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Beautiful is writing same markup. Internet Explorer 9 supports standards for HTML5, CSS3, SVG 1.1, ECMAScript5, and DOM L2 & L3. Spend less time writing and rewriting code and more time creating great experiences on the web. Be a part of the beta today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/beautyoftheweb _______________________________________________ Plplot-devel mailing list Plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel
