plot_utils.py

plot_utils.py gathers the package’s visualization tools. It hosts histogram and a small group of private helpers shared with fit_utils for validation, style management, and consistent behaviour in notebooks.

Main imports

• Standard library: contextlib.contextmanager, importlib.resources.as_file, importlib.resources.files, typing.TYPE_CHECKING

• External libraries: numpy as np, numpy.typing.ArrayLike

• Internal imports: _as_float_vector, standard_deviation

• Types imported only for annotations: matplotlib.axes.Axes, matplotlib.figure.Figure

What it exports

• histogram

What it does

• validate numeric inputs, axis limits, figsize, and textual precision

• temporarily apply the mespy style, the current rcParams, or another Matplotlib style

• manage the display of figures created inside IPython/Jupyter notebooks

• create a new figure or draw on an existing axis

• optionally show the mean, a one-sigma band, legend, and grid

Related helpers

• _validate_axis_limits

• _validate_figsize

• _validate_decimals

• _in_ipython

• _display_new_figures

• _style_context

• _as_float_vector

Detailed page

• histogram