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Re: A bug of NG plot? [message #85551 is a reply to message #85541]

Thu, 15 August 2013 11:20

Paul Van Delst[1]
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On 08/15/13 11:54, David Fanning wrote:
> Paul van Delst writes:
>
>> I agree the OP is trying to plot some funky(ish) data, but no way that
>> should make the axes character size go north in such a big way.
>
> I would cut the function graphics programmers some slack here.

For a multi-hundreds->thousand of $$ piece of software?

Uh, no.

> That is
> an EXTREMELY complicated system they are dealing with.

No argument there.

<anecdotal over-generalisation>
As systems get more and more complicated, users tend to get less and
less interested in the implementation details. They just want things to
work.
</anecdotal over-generalisation>

> I can't imagine
> that dealing with a data range that differs in the ninth decimal place
> is the first thing you are trying to keep track of while you are working
> with this code. Nor do I find it too far fetched to think that the
> character size of the plot might have something to do with the axis data
> range. There is a LOT of scaling of axes, viewports, etc. that has to go
> on in an object graphics system. It is not surprising to me to find some
> kind of linkage here.

Doesn't mean it should happen.

Don't get me wrong - I'm not expecting IDL to be as reliable as, say,
avionics software, but it's clearly a bug.

On the plus side, they (Excelis) now have an additional test case for
their QA dept and/or unit tests. Yay for them. :o)

cheers,

paulv

p.s. And, yes, I'm arguing over principle, not degree.

On a scale of 1 (not a problem) to 10 (life is over as we know it), this
bug probably doesn't even make to 0.5.

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		A bug of NG plot? By: Xin Tao on Wed, 14 August 2013 22:48
		Re: A bug of NG plot? By: Helder Marchetto on Thu, 15 August 2013 00:49
		Re: A bug of NG plot? By: David Fanning on Thu, 15 August 2013 05:07
		Re: A bug of NG plot? By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Thu, 15 August 2013 08:28
		Re: A bug of NG plot? By: David Fanning on Thu, 15 August 2013 08:54
		Re: A bug of NG plot? By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Thu, 15 August 2013 11:20
		Re: A bug of NG plot? By: David Fanning on Thu, 15 August 2013 11:28
		Re: A bug of NG plot? By: Xin Tao on Thu, 15 August 2013 20:04
		Re: A bug of NG plot? By: chris_torrence@NOSPAM on Fri, 16 August 2013 16:05

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