[Numpy-discussion] PR to add a function to calculate histogram edges without calculating the histogram

[Eric Wieser]

As likely one of the primary users, Tom - does the function name seem
reasonable?

Eric

On Mon, Mar 12, 2018, 21:45 Thomas Caswell <tcaswell at gmail.com> wrote:

> As commented in the OP, this would be very useful for Matplotlib.
>
> Tom
>
> On Fri, Mar 9, 2018 at 1:42 PM Kirit Thadaka <kirit.thadaka at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi!
>>
>> I've created a PR to add a function called "histogram_bin_edges" which
>> will allow a user to calculate the bins used by the histogram for some data
>> without requiring the entire histogram to be calculated.
>>
>> https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/10591#issuecomment-371863472
>>
>> This function allows one set of bins to be computed, and reused across
>> multiple histograms which gives more easily comparable results than using
>> separate bins for each histogram.
>>
>> Please let me know if you have any suggestions on how to improve this PR.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> -
>> Kirit
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