Re: [matplotlib-devel] rgba formats

2007-11-19 Thread Michael Droettboom
I think I'm a little confused by the question. From the Python perspective, everything in the Agg backend takes floats. Agg actually has color types for both floating point and 8-bit-per-plane colors, though obviously it's converted to 8-bit-per-plane eventually. But, of course, that is done

Re: [matplotlib-devel] reformatting

2007-11-19 Thread Michael Droettboom
Improved consistency is a good thing. And ANSI is a sane choice (even though my muscle memory knows K&R, I'm willing to fight against that for the betterment of the whole... just don't be surprised if I screw some things up initially ;). I do have one concern, however. It is very useful for m

Re: [matplotlib-devel] reformatting

2007-11-19 Thread Eric Firing
Michael Droettboom wrote: > > Improved consistency is a good thing. And ANSI is a sane choice > (even though my muscle memory knows K&R, I'm willing to fight against > that for the betterment of the whole... just don't be surprised if I > screw some things up initially ;). > > I do have one con

Re: [matplotlib-devel] rgba formats

2007-11-19 Thread Eric Firing
Michael Droettboom wrote: > I think I'm a little confused by the question. From the Python > perspective, everything in the Agg backend takes floats. Agg > actually has color types for both floating point and 8-bit-per-plane > colors, though obviously it's converted to 8-bit-per-plane > eventuall

Re: [matplotlib-devel] RFC on basemap changes

2007-11-19 Thread Christopher Barker
Jeff Whitaker wrote: > 1) an external dependency on the GEOS lib (which is LGPL). Would it be any better to depend on an existing python binding GEOS? Here's one option: http://trac.gispython.org/projects/PCL/wiki/Shapely -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Respons

Re: [matplotlib-devel] RFC on basemap changes

2007-11-19 Thread Eric Firing
Christopher Barker wrote: > > Jeff Whitaker wrote: >> 1) an external dependency on the GEOS lib (which is LGPL). > > Would it be any better to depend on an existing python binding GEOS? > Here's one option: > > http://trac.gispython.org/projects/PCL/wiki/Shapely That is what Jeff started with,

Re: [matplotlib-devel] RFC on basemap changes

2007-11-19 Thread Jeff Whitaker
Christopher Barker wrote: > Jeff Whitaker wrote: > >> 1) an external dependency on the GEOS lib (which is LGPL). >> > > Would it be any better to depend on an existing python binding GEOS? > Here's one option: > > http://trac.gispython.org/projects/PCL/wiki/Shapely > > -Chris > > > Chri