ENH: Don't infer pcolormesh interval breaks for unevenly spaced coordiantes
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Description
Based on discussion in #781 and #782, it seems like a bad idea to infer (guess) the spacing of coordinates when they are unevenly spaced. As @ocefpaf points out:
guessing should be an active user choice, not the automatic behavior.
So the options moving forward are to
- never infer the interval breaks and be okay with pcolormesh and imshow producing dissimilar plots, or
- only infer the interval breaks when the coordinates are evenly spaced.
cc @clarkfitzg
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the discussions in #781 and #782, then inspect the existing pcolormesh and imshow coordinate handling. The issue is complete only after the project decides whether interval breaks should be inferred for evenly spaced coordinates and the resulting behavior is made consistent.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- data-visualization
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100