Re: [matplotlib-devel] nxutils

2011-11-18 Thread Michael Droettboom
I'm sorry this fell through the cracks. It was removed from the build because it does not currently build on Python 3.x, and then when I saw the functionality was redundant, I think it necessary to invest effort porting it. None of the test suite uses this code. The source should have been r

[matplotlib-devel] Subject: Re: Another colormap

2011-11-18 Thread Pim Schellart
Dear Tony, I tried the example with several colormaps (have you checked out cubehelix which nicely resembles the grey scale visual intensity distribution in color) and I definitely agree that it would be good for matplotlib to switch to a more sensible default color map. My personal vote goes to c

Re: [matplotlib-devel] nxutils

2011-11-18 Thread James Evans
I was just shocked to find the source code still present, just not compiled during the build step and at least one completely broken function call still referencing the un-built module and no apparent reason for removal. I have updated mlab.inside_poly to use Path instead and will submit it la

Re: [matplotlib-devel] nxutils

2011-11-18 Thread Michael Droettboom
Perhaps another alternative is to just include a small compatibility module that would call the new functionality under the hood. Mike On 11/18/2011 09:07 AM, Michael Droettboom wrote: nxutils has been removed from master because it is completely redundant to the Path functionality that has be

Re: [matplotlib-devel] nxutils

2011-11-18 Thread Michael Droettboom
nxutils has been removed from master because it is completely redundant to the Path functionality that has been in matplotlib since 0.98. In the process of porting to Python 3, I felt it was important to reduce code duplication, because every additional line requires additional testing. That