Re: [matplotlib-devel] Inconsistent naming of legend points

2012-04-24 Thread Benjamin Root
On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 3:04 AM, Jae-Joon Lee wrote: > I think what we may do is to make the default value of "scatterponts" > to None, and if None, set it to the value of numpoints. > But, I want to hear how others think about it. > > Regards, > > -JJ > > I think that would be reasonable. And m

Re: [matplotlib-devel] Inconsistent naming of legend points

2012-04-19 Thread Chao YUE
Yes, I am only a user not a developer. the different names make me confused at the beginning, it's only last night I realised this after more than 1 years use of matplotlib. New beginners would be less confused if a unified name is used. Chao 2012/4/19 Jae-Joon Lee > I think what we may do is t

Re: [matplotlib-devel] Inconsistent naming of legend points

2012-04-19 Thread Jae-Joon Lee
I think what we may do is to make the default value of "scatterponts" to None, and if None, set it to the value of numpoints. But, I want to hear how others think about it. Regards, -JJ On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 11:39 PM, Pim Schellart wrote: > Dear all, > > there is an inconsistency in the nam

[matplotlib-devel] Inconsistent naming of legend points

2012-03-30 Thread Pim Schellart
Dear all, there is an inconsistency in the naming of the variable that describes the number of points to display in the legend. For `plt.plot` and `plt.errorbar` it is called "numpoints" but for `plt.scatter` it is called "scatterpoints". It would be less confusing if both could be set with a simp