Re: [matplotlib-devel] Artist default alpha value

2009-10-23 Thread Eric Firing
James Evans wrote: > All, > > > > I have a question regarding the default alpha value for an Artist. Why > is it 1.0 instead of None? The color conversion code takes into account > if alpha is None and having it default to something other than None > makes it impossible for any Patch to ha

[matplotlib-devel] Artist default alpha value

2009-10-22 Thread James Evans
All, I have a question regarding the default alpha value for an Artist. Why is it 1.0 instead of None? The color conversion code takes into account if alpha is None and having it default to something other than None makes it impossible for any Patch to have a fill_color specified as an RGBA