[racket] Poll: Does anybody besides Doug use 'plot'?

I think he's saying you could change that to

(require plot/compat)

and it would still work.

On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 12:06 PM, Robby Findler
<robby at eecs.northwestern.edu> wrote:
> I have some old scripts that I used to build a paper (or maybe just
> play with some data related to the paper I'm not sure) that contain
>
>  (require plot)
>
> in them. It would be convenient to me to not break them for when I
> return to that stuff some day.
>
> Robby
>
> On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 10:34 AM, Neil Toronto <neil.toronto at gmail.com> wrote:
>> At Eli's suggestion, I'm conducting a poll. Does anybody on this list use
>> the 'plot' module, or know of someone who does?
>>
>> (I'm specifically excluding Doug Williams and his williams/science PLaneT
>> package because I already know about that, and I don't want ten replies
>> pointing it out.)
>>
>> I'm asking because I have a replacement plot library ready, which has a lot
>> more features and a richer API, and uses Racket's excellent drawing
>> libraries. But the new library is not backward-compatible.
>>
>> We're considering these two options for module names:
>>
>>  1. The compatibility-breaking option:
>>    plot: new plot module
>>    plot/compat: backward-compatible wrapper for the new plot module
>>
>>  2. The backward-compatible option:
>>    plot: backward-compatible wrapper for the new plot module
>>    rackplot: new plot module
>>
>> (The old plot module is going away completely, to exorcise a lot of evil C
>> code.)
>>
>> The issues with each option:
>>
>>  1. Breaking compatibility breaks past code. We don't know how much past
>>    code; hence the poll.
>>
>>  2. Not breaking compatibility too easily breaks future code. Searching
>>    for "plot" in the manuals returns the old 'plot' module first.
>>
>> Also, if you have ideas for the name of the new library, reply with them.
>> 'rackplot' grows on me, but rather like a cheese mold.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Neil T
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