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PGFPlotsX backend references Plots.jl #99

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dpo opened this issue Oct 25, 2023 · 2 comments
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PGFPlotsX backend references Plots.jl #99

dpo opened this issue Oct 25, 2023 · 2 comments
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dpo commented Oct 25, 2023

https://github.com/JuliaSmoothOptimizers/BenchmarkProfiles.jl/blame/ccf20e9027f6d67053a4ae3bb65b2c434d96cc41/src/requires.jl#L149

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https://github.com/JuliaSmoothOptimizers/BenchmarkProfiles.jl/blame/ccf20e9027f6d67053a4ae3bb65b2c434d96cc41/src/requires.jl#L174

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Why is it not a good idea?
https://docs.juliaplots.org/latest/gallery/pgfplotsx/generated/pgfplotsx-ref001/#pgfplotsx_ref001

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dpo commented Oct 25, 2023

The main idea of using PGFPlotsX as a backend is to not incur the high cost of installing Plots and all its dependencies. I know PGFPlotsX has hidden dependencies as well (like LaTeX), but the point of the backends is that they should be “native”.

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