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Handling plotting functions that have an inquire (I) only mode #896
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I totally agree that it feels quite strange if no plotting object is returned when applying these modules.
Sounds like a good compromise, however, does it make sense for all modules that have the |
As far as I can tell, it's only 3 modules ( |
Description of the issue
There are a few GMT modules that have a mode for extracting data (statistics or otherwise) via the inquire (I) flag in addition to plotting:
rose
- Wrap rose #794solar
- Wrap solar #804, also has an-M
mode where no plotting occurshistogram
- Wrap histogram #563How do we want to handle these cases? It seems weird to use
fig.histogram(..., inquire=...)
if no figure/plot is actually returned. One suggestion made at #794 (review) was:Open to suggestions on how we want the API for this look like.
Are you willing to help implement and maintain this feature? Discuss first
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