[SciPy-user] "smooth" plots

[Jonathan Guyer]

On Apr 1, 2009, at 1:36 PM, I wrote:

> Lets say I want to plot y = f(x).
>
> f() is non-analytical and expensive.
>
> Are there any facilities in SciPy (or elsewhere in Python) for
> automating the selection of values of x that will produce a "smooth"
> plot of y vs. x?

David Huard sent me a perfectly serviceable bit of code off-line (he  
described it as "not pretty", but it does the trick for me and sure  
beats manually hunting and pecking). When I get back from vacation, I  
may pester him to post a cookbook example, or to let me do it.