Re: [matplotlib-devel] [Re]: kwarg "range" in hist

2008-10-21 Thread David Huard
On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 3:31 AM, Manuel Metz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David Huard wrote: >> On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 10:19 AM, John Hunter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 9:01 AM, David Huard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> I would oppose any change to histogram callin

Re: [matplotlib-devel] [Re]: kwarg "range" in hist

2008-10-21 Thread Manuel Metz
David Huard wrote: > On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 10:19 AM, John Hunter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 9:01 AM, David Huard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> I would oppose any change to histogram calling convention that does not >>> fix a critical bug. I agree that using a built-

Re: [matplotlib-devel] [Re]: kwarg "range" in hist

2008-10-20 Thread David Huard
On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 10:19 AM, John Hunter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 9:01 AM, David Huard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I would oppose any change to histogram calling convention that does not >> fix a critical bug. I agree that using a built-in name as an argument is

Re: [matplotlib-devel] [Re]: kwarg "range" in hist

2008-10-20 Thread John Hunter
On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 9:01 AM, David Huard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would oppose any change to histogram calling convention that does not > fix a critical bug. I agree that using a built-in name as an argument is > a bug, but I believe it is the lesser evil compared to asking users to > ch

Re: [matplotlib-devel] [Re]: kwarg "range" in hist

2008-10-20 Thread David Huard
On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 3:07 PM, Eric Firing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Manuel Metz wrote: >> Please see the end of the mail for the important point !!! > > Thank you--I see you are way ahead of me on this. See comments below. >> >> Eric Firing wrote: >>> Manuel, >>> >>> Although it doesn't hurt

Re: [matplotlib-devel] [Re]: kwarg "range" in hist

2008-10-18 Thread Eric Firing
Manuel Metz wrote: > Please see the end of the mail for the important point !!! Thank you--I see you are way ahead of me on this. See comments below. > > Eric Firing wrote: >> Manuel, >> >> Although it doesn't hurt, I don't think it is worthwhile changing range >> to xrange. From the 2.5 docs:

[matplotlib-devel] [Re]: kwarg "range" in hist

2008-10-18 Thread Manuel Metz
Please see the end of the mail for the important point !!! Eric Firing wrote: > Manuel, > > Although it doesn't hurt, I don't think it is worthwhile changing range > to xrange. From the 2.5 docs: [...snip...] > Note "minimal" advantage. xrange was intended for special-case use, not > general