Re: Graphics properties implementation

[Michael Goffioul]

On 1/12/08, John W. Eaton <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 12-Jan-2008, Michael Goffioul wrote:
>
> | Related to hidden properties, I think that properties like
> | __plot_stream__ and so on should be hidden. Normally, hidden
> | properties should not be listed by the "get(void)" method; they
> | should only be accessible on explicit requests by the
> | "get(caseless_str)" method. However, doing this will make
> | some m-code not functional: for instance, "drawnow" uses
> | "get(fig_handle)" to get a structure containing all properties;
> | if hidden properties are not part of the structure, drawnow
> | will fail. What do you think?
>
> Instead of
>
>  get (void)
>
> how about defining the function as
>
>  get (bool all = false)
>
> ?  If ALL is TRUE, it would return all properties, including those
> that are hidden.  Then, for the gnuplot backend, we could define an
> internal __get__ function that passes TRUE to the C++ get function.

Looks fine for me.

Michael.