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On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 10:03 AM, James Evans <jre...@ea...> wrote:
> Honestly, I do not know what the units rc param is for. Personally I try to stay away from anything rc parameter related.
>
> I would guess that it was put in to handle default units, but the unit system handles defaults based on the type of data being plotted. Perhaps it was added in the first draft of the unit code and never removed when it was revised?
>
> As far as I know, there is no need for it.
Unfortunately, I can't recall what it was added for either. As Eric
notes, it doesn't even make it into matplotlibrc.template, which
usually has a definition of the param, and I can't find it used
anywhere in the code base either.
JDH

On 04/19/2011 05:03 AM, James Evans wrote:
> Honestly, I do not know what the units rc param is for. Personally I try to stay away from anything rc parameter related.
>
I'm not an rc fan, either, though the rc system does have its benefits.
> I would guess that it was put in to handle default units, but the unit system handles defaults based on the type of data being plotted. Perhaps it was added in the first draft of the unit code and never removed when it was revised?
>
It's a boolean. I suspect that long ago it was for turning experimental 
units support on or off.
> As far as I know, there is no need for it.
I will try removing it.
Eric
>
> --James
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Darren Dale [mailto:dsd...@gm...]
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 4:42 AM
>> To: Eric Firing; jre...@ea...
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>> Subject: Re: [matplotlib-devel] What is rcParams['units'] for?
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>> On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 3:07 AM, Eric Firing<ef...@ha...> wrote:
>>> While investigating the imshow problem reported today by Emanuale
>>> Passera (a problem that seems to have been fixed, though I don't know
>>> when or how), I stumbled across the verbose-helpful report of the
>>> "units" rcParams entry. Sure enough, it is in rcsetup.py and in
>>> matplotlibrc.template, but a quick code scan turned up no evidence
>>> that it is used anywhere. Is it vestigial, and a candidate for surgical
>> removal?
>>
>> James, do you know what the units rc parameter was for, and can it be
>> removed?
>>
>> Darren
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Honestly, I do not know what the units rc param is for. Personally I try to stay away from anything rc parameter related.
I would guess that it was put in to handle default units, but the unit system handles defaults based on the type of data being plotted. Perhaps it was added in the first draft of the unit code and never removed when it was revised?
As far as I know, there is no need for it.
--James
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Darren Dale [mailto:dsd...@gm...]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 4:42 AM
> To: Eric Firing; jre...@ea...
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> Subject: Re: [matplotlib-devel] What is rcParams['units'] for?
> 
> On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 3:07 AM, Eric Firing <ef...@ha...> wrote:
> > While investigating the imshow problem reported today by Emanuale
> > Passera (a problem that seems to have been fixed, though I don't know
> > when or how), I stumbled across the verbose-helpful report of the
> > "units" rcParams entry. Sure enough, it is in rcsetup.py and in
> > matplotlibrc.template, but a quick code scan turned up no evidence
> > that it is used anywhere. Is it vestigial, and a candidate for surgical
> removal?
> 
> James, do you know what the units rc parameter was for, and can it be
> removed?
> 
> Darren
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On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 3:07 AM, Eric Firing <ef...@ha...> wrote:
> While investigating the imshow problem reported today by Emanuale
> Passera (a problem that seems to have been fixed, though I don't know
> when or how), I stumbled across the verbose-helpful report of the
> "units" rcParams entry. Sure enough, it is in rcsetup.py and in
> matplotlibrc.template, but a quick code scan turned up no evidence that
> it is used anywhere. Is it vestigial, and a candidate for surgical removal?
James, do you know what the units rc parameter was for, and can it be removed?
Darren

While investigating the imshow problem reported today by Emanuale 
Passera (a problem that seems to have been fixed, though I don't know 
when or how), I stumbled across the verbose-helpful report of the 
"units" rcParams entry. Sure enough, it is in rcsetup.py and in 
matplotlibrc.template, but a quick code scan turned up no evidence that 
it is used anywhere. Is it vestigial, and a candidate for surgical removal?
Eric