Sorry -- I hadn't meant to be terse: I hadn't realised until now that
this was related to the other thread. I think it's an interesting
discussion, and we should probably find some way to address it --
perhaps that means that `polar` grows an option to affect negative handling.
Mike
On 12/18/
>> Is this in reference to issue #1603? Are you advocating changing the
>> solution?
>
>
>
> My only point was that the ongoing conversation should
> not accept uncritically the assertion that r<0 is senseless.
and I finally appreciate that criticism.
>From my perspective, I was happy to learn
On 12/18/2012 9:40 AM, Michael Droettboom wrote:
> Is this in reference to issue #1603? Are you advocating changing the
> solution?
My only point was that the ongoing conversation should
not accept uncritically the assertion that r<0 is senseless.
Thus I cited one example of the common accepta
Is this in reference to issue #1603? Are you advocating changing the
solution?
Cheers,
Mike
On 12/17/2012 05:50 PM, Alan G Isaac wrote:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_coordinate_system#Uniqueness_of_polar_coordinates
>
> fwiw,
> Alan Isaac
>
> --
Maybe I'm just not seeing it; I don't see how the definition on wikipedia,
your definition, and matplotlib behavior differ.
import numpy as np
import matplotlib
matplotlib.use('WxAgg')
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
t = np.linspace(0.0,2.0*np.pi, 50)
r = np.linspace(0.0,2.0*np.pi, 50)
plt.polar
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_coordinate_system#Uniqueness_of_polar_coordinates
fwiw,
Alan Isaac
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