[scikit-learn] API Discussion: Where shall we put the plotting functions?

[Andrew Howe]

My preference would be for (1). I don't think the sub-namespace in (2) is
necessary, and don't like (3), as I would prefer the plotting functions to
be all in the same namespace sklearn.plot.

Andrew

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On Tue, Apr 2, 2019 at 3:40 PM Hanmin Qin <qinhanmin2005 at sina.com> wrote:

> See https://github.com/scikit-learn/scikit-learn/issues/13448
>
> We've introduced several plotting functions (e.g., plot_tree and
> plot_partial_dependence) and will introduce more (e.g.,
> plot_decision_boundary) in the future. Consequently, we need to decide
> where to put these functions. Currently, there're 3 proposals:
>
> (1) sklearn.plot.plot_YYY (e.g., sklearn.plot.plot_tree)
>
> (2) sklearn.plot.XXX.plot_YYY (e.g., sklearn.plot.tree.plot_tree)
>
> (3) sklearn.XXX.plot.plot_YYY (e.g., sklearn.tree.plot.plot_tree, note
> that we won't support from sklearn.XXX import plot_YYY)
>
> Joel Nothman, Gael Varoquaux and I decided to post it on the mailing list
> to invite opinions.
>
> Thanks
>
> Hanmin Qin
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