[yt-dev] Reason, PlotCollection and yt-3.0

[Geoffrey So]

+0.5 on removing PlotCollection
I've transitioned some versions of my scripts that used to use
PlotCollection to plot phase plots by making use of BinnedProfile2D, but
haven't transitioned completely to the 3.0 PhasePlot.

From
G.S.


On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 9:04 AM, Sam Skillman <samskillman at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm +1 for deprecation warning in 2.x of PlotCollection, and removal for
> 3.0.
>
> The one piece that seems to be missing to me is a super-container like
> what PlotCollection was. I have a piece of code that does this the way I
> like it, but I'm not sure how generally applicable it is.
> http://paste.yt-project.org/show/4297/
>
> Allows you to do:
> pm = PlotManager()
> for ax in 'xyz':
>     pm['%s-slice' % ax] = SlicePlot(pf, ax, field_list)
>
> pm.apply_method(".set_cmap('all', 'RdBu_r')")
> pm.apply_method(".save()")
>
> I'm happy to PR this if there is interest.
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 7:43 AM, Britton Smith <brittonsmith at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I think we have now covered all the functionality of PlotCollection in
>> Slice/Projection/Profile/PhasePlot.  I would be +1 for marking it as
>> officially deprecated in the next (and final?) 2.x release and getting rid
>> of it in 3.0.  I'm worried that the ground has moved enough underneath
>> PlotCollection that supporting in any fashion in 3.0 will require a nonzero
>> amount of work.
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 10:47 PM, Cameron Hummels <chummels at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> I'm +0 on both of these, but if we are to remove either, as John points
>>> out, now seems like a good time before yt goes gold with 3.0.
>>>
>>> It seems like some people continue to use PlotCollection for things in
>>> 2.x.  Are there any use cases that are left uncovered by replacements?
>>>
>>> I figured reason was going to be replaced by something else wholesale
>>> with ipython, but I'm open to either option really.
>>>
>>> Cameron
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 8:42 PM, Nathan Goldbaum <nathan12343 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 7:33 PM, Matthew Turk <matthewturk at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > On Feb 9, 2014 10:24 PM, "Nathan Goldbaum" <nathan12343 at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Hi all,
>>>> >>
>>>> >> I want to raise the possibility of removing the PlotCollection and
>>>> >> Reason code from yt before the 3.0 release.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> I haven't checked recently but given the changes in yt since they
>>>> were
>>>> >> last updated, both features likely do not work correctly right now.
>>>> >> Given the move to notebooks* and PlotWindow-style plotting going
>>>> >> forward, I think now is the time to rip off the bandage and remove
>>>> the
>>>> >> code.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> It's likely some of the gui code can be repurposed for a widget, but
>>>> >> that doesn't mean reason as it is right now needs to be bundled with
>>>> >> the release or exist in the dev repo.
>>>> >>
>>>> >
>>>> > I'm -1 on removing reason wholesale, but -0.5 on removing the command
>>>> and
>>>> > some mentions of it. Having recently spent some time trying to work
>>>> with
>>>> > IPython internals, I think there is some utility in an extremely
>>>> simple
>>>> > system (simpler than reason is) that is application focused rather
>>>> than
>>>> > notebook widget focused, even if not globally applicable. Plus the
>>>> Reason
>>>> > system is pretty convenient for those situations where fork() is not
>>>> > implemented.
>>>>
>>>> I guess that means you'll be using the reason code and are planning on
>>>> updating it eventually.  In that case I think it makes sense to keep
>>>> it in the repo.  Suggestion withdrawn :)
>>>>
>>>> >
>>>> > I am -0 on removing plot collection, but could be convinced if enough
>>>> people
>>>> > were in favor.
>>>> >
>>>> >> -Nathan
>>>> >>
>>>> >> *As a side note, you should all check out the IPython javascript
>>>> demos
>>>> >> in the release candidate for IPython 2.0.  Since the widgets
>>>> >> communicate with a live kernel, you unfortunately can't demo it with
>>>> a
>>>> >> static nbviewer page. Look in the examples folder in the root of the
>>>> >> IPython repository.
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>>> University of Arizona
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