Use the new wrapDatasets() to try limit the number of potential recompilations.

src/GMT.jl

@@ -374,10 +374,7 @@ using .Laszip
 @compile_workload begin
 	G_API[] = GMT_Create_Session("GMT", 2, GMT_SESSION_BITFLAGS)
 	#GMT.parse_B(Dict{Symbol, Any}(:frame => (annot=10, title="Ai Ai"), :grid => (pen=2, x=10, y=20)), "", " -Baf -BWSen");
-	#GMT.parse_R(Dict{Symbol, Any}(:xlim => (1,2), :ylim => (3,4), :zlim => (5,6)), "");
-	#GMT.parse_J(Dict{Symbol, Any}(:J => "X", :scale => "1:10"), "");
 	#GMT.parse_opt_S(Dict{String, Any}(), mat2ds(rand(4,2)));
-	#GMT.build_opt_J(:X5);
 	GMT.theme("dark")
 	GMT.theme_modern()
 	mat2ds([9 8; 9 8], x=[0 7], pen=["5p,black", "4p,white,20p_20p"], multi=true)
@@ -389,6 +386,7 @@ using .Laszip
 	gmtwrite(t, [0.0 0; 1 1])
 	gmtread(t)
 	gmtread(TESTSDIR * "assets/burro_cenora.jpg")
+	coast(R=:g, proj=:guess, W=(level=1, pen=(2, :green)), savefig=tempname()*".ps")
 	rm(t)
 	D = mat2ds(rand(3, 3), colnames=["Time", "b", "c"])
 	D.attrib = Dict("Timecol" => "1")
@@ -413,7 +411,6 @@ using .Laszip
 	grdsample(Glix, inc=0.5)
 	grdtrend(Glix, model=3)
 	grdtrack(Glix, [1 1])
-	coast(R=:g, proj=:guess, W=(level=1, pen=(2, :green)), savefig=tempname()*".ps")
 	rescale(mat2img(rand(UInt16, 16,16,3)))
 	plot(rand(5, 2))
 	bar(1:5, (20, 35, 30, 35, 27), width=0.5, color=:lightblue, limits=(0.5,5.5,0,40))
@@ -426,13 +423,13 @@ using .Laszip
 	#ecdfplot!(randn(50), fmt=:ps);
 	#cornerplot(randn(50,3), scatter=true, fmt=:ps);
 	#marginalhist(randn(1000,2), par=(PS_MEDIA="A2",), fmt=:ps);	rm("GMTplot.ps")
-	#feather([0.0 0 2.0; 0.0 30 2; 0.0 60 2], rtheta=true, aspect="1:1", arrow=(len=0.5, shape=0.5,), fmt=:ps);
+	feather([0.0 0 2.0; 0.0 30 2; 0.0 60 2], rtheta=true, aspect="1:1", arrow=(len=0.5, shape=0.5,), fmt=:ps);
 	#orbits(mat2ds(rand(10,3)));
 	#pca(rand(Float32, 24, 4));
 	#pca(mat2img(rand(UInt8, 64,64,4)));
 	#kmeans(rand(100,3), 3, maxiter=10);
 	#rm(joinpath(tempdir(), "GMTjl_custom_p_x.txt"))		# This one gets created before username is set.
-	#arrows([0 8.2 0 6], limits=(-2,4,0,9), arrow=(len=2,stop=1,shape=0.5,fill=:red), axis=:a, pen="6p");
+	arrows([0 8.2 0 6], limits=(-2,4,0,9), arrow=(len=2,stop=1,shape=0.5,fill=:red), axis=:a, pen="6p");
 	GMT.doc_source_links("psbasemap"; silent=true)
 	theme()
 

src/gmt2kml.jl

@@ -73,9 +73,10 @@ gmt2kml(arg1; kw...)         = gmt2kml_helper("", arg1; kw...)
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 function gmt2kml_helper(cmd0::String, arg1; kw...)
 	d = init_module(false, kw...)[1]
-	gmt2kml_helper(cmd0, arg1, d)
+	gmt2kml_helper(wrapDatasets(cmd0, arg1), d)
 end
-function gmt2kml_helper(cmd0::String, arg1, d::Dict{Symbol, Any})
+function gmt2kml_helper(w::wrapDatasets, d::Dict{Symbol, Any})
+	cmd0, arg1 = unwrapDatasets(w::wrapDatasets)
 
 	cmd, = parse_common_opts(d, "", [:R :V_params :bi :di :e :f :h :i :yx])
 	cmd  = parse_these_opts(cmd, d, [[:A :altitude_mode], [:D :descript], [:E :extrude], [:F :feature_type], [:G :fill],

src/gmt_types.jl

@@ -336,6 +336,30 @@ function Base.similar(bc::Broadcast.Broadcasted{Broadcast.ArrayStyle{GMTfv}}, ::
 end
 find4similar(FV::GMTfv, rest) = FV
 
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+mutable struct wrapDatasets#{T<:Real, N} <: AbstractArray{T,N}
+	fname::String
+	ds::GMTdataset#{T,N}
+	vds::Vector{GMTdataset}
+	fv::GMTfv#{T}
+	cpt::GMTcpt
+	function wrapDatasets(arg1, arg2)
+		td, tvd, tcpt, tfv  = GMTdataset(), Vector{GMTdataset}(), GMTcpt(), GMTfv()
+		if     (arg1 !== "")                      new(arg1, td, tvd, tfv, tcpt)
+		elseif (isa(arg2, Matrix{<:Real}))        new("", mat2ds(arg2), tvd, tfv, tcpt)
+		elseif (isa(arg2, GMTdataset))            new("", arg2, tvd, tfv, tcpt)
+		elseif (isa(arg2, Vector{<:GMTdataset}))  new("", td, arg2, tfv, tcpt)
+		elseif (isa(arg2, GMTfv))                 new("", td, tvd, arg2, tcpt)
+		elseif (isa(arg2, GMTcpt))                new("", td, tvd, tfv, arg2)
+		elseif (arg1 === "" && arg2 === nothing)  new("", td, tvd, tfv, tcpt)	# Less usual case in plot where inly kwargs are given
+		else   error("Unknown types ($(typeof(arg1)), $(typeof(arg2))) in wrapDatasets")
+		end
+	end
+end
+function unwrapDatasets(w::wrapDatasets)
+	return w.fname, !isempty(w.ds) ? w.ds : !isempty(w.vds) ? w.vds : !isempty(w.fv) ? w.fv : !isempty(w.cpt) ? w.cpt : nothing
+end
+
 #=
 Base.@kwdef struct GMTtypes
 	stored::String = ""

src/gmtconvert.jl

@@ -57,13 +57,14 @@ gmtconvert(arg1; kwargs...)         = gmtconvert_helper("", arg1; kwargs...)
 
 function gmtconvert_helper(cmd0::String, arg1; kwargs...)
 	d = init_module(false, kwargs...)[1]		# Also checks if the user wants ONLY the HELP mode
-    gmtconvert_helper(cmd0, arg1, d)
+	gmtconvert_helper(wrapDatasets(cmd0, arg1), d)
 end
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-function gmtconvert_helper(cmd0::String, arg1, d::Dict{Symbol,Any})
+function gmtconvert_helper(w::wrapDatasets, d::Dict{Symbol,Any})
+	cmd0, arg1 = unwrapDatasets(w::wrapDatasets)
 
 	cmd, = parse_common_opts(d, "", [:V_params :append :a :b :bo :d :e :g :h :i :o :q :s :w :yx])
-    cmd, opt_f = parse_f(d, cmd)		# Must have easier acces to opt_f
+	cmd, opt_f = parse_f(d, cmd)		# Must have easier acces to opt_f
 
 	# GMT is not able to return a converted time table, so we create a temporary file if time conversions are involved
 	used_tmp_file = false
@@ -80,7 +81,6 @@ function gmtconvert_helper(cmd0::String, arg1, d::Dict{Symbol,Any})
 	cmd  = parse_these_opts(cmd, d, [[:A :hcat], [:C :n_records], [:D :dump], [:E :first_last], [:F :conn_method],
 	                                 [:I :invert :reverse], [:L :list_only], [:N :sort], [:Q :segments], [:S :select_hdr], [:T :suppress :skip], [:W :word2num], [:Z :transpose]])
 
-
 	out = common_grd(d, cmd0, cmd, "gmtconvert ", arg1)		# Finish build cmd and run it
 	if (used_tmp_file)			# Read the conversion results and clean up temporary file.
 		out = gmtread(fname)

src/gmtinfo.jl

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ end
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 function gmtinfo_helper(cmd0::String, arg1, d::Dict{Symbol,Any})::Union{String, GMTdataset}
 
+	#=
 	#cmd, = parse_common_opts(d, "", [:V_params :e :f :i :o :r :w :yx])
 	cmd = parse_V_params(d, "")
 	cmd = parse_e(d, cmd)[1]
@@ -67,10 +68,31 @@ function gmtinfo_helper(cmd0::String, arg1, d::Dict{Symbol,Any})::Union{String,
 	cmd = add_opt(d, cmd, "I", [:I :inc :increment :spacing],
 	              (exact=("e", nothing, 1), polyg=("b", nothing, 1), surface=("s", nothing, 1), fft=("d", nothing, 1), inc=("", arg2str, 2)); del=false, expand=true)
 	cmd = add_opt(d, cmd, "T", [:T :nearest_multiple], (dz="", col="+c", column="+c"))
+	=#
 
-	# If file name sent in, read it.
-	if (cmd0 != "")  cmd, arg1, = read_data(d, cmd0, cmd, arg1, " ")  end
+	cmd = gmtinfo_helper_helper(d)		# Parse only options that do not depend on the (fcking Any) 'arg1'
+
+	if     (cmd0 != "")             cmd = cmd * " " * cmd0
+	elseif (eltype(arg1) == String) cmd = cmd * " " * join(arg1, ' '); arg1 = nothing		# Accept also tuples/vecs of file names
+	end
 	cmd = "gmtinfo " * cmd
 	if (dbg_print_cmd(d, cmd) !== nothing)  return cmd  end
 	isa(arg1, Tuple) ? gmt(cmd, arg1...) : gmt(cmd, arg1)
 end
+
+function gmtinfo_helper_helper(d::Dict{Symbol,Any})::String
+	cmd = parse_V_params(d, "")
+	cmd = parse_e(d, cmd)[1]
+	cmd = parse_f(d, cmd)[1]
+	cmd = parse_i(d, cmd)[1]
+	cmd = parse_o(d, cmd)[1]
+	cmd = parse_r(d, cmd)[1]
+	cmd = parse_w(d, cmd)[1]
+	cmd = parse_swap_xy(d, cmd)[1]
+	(endswith(cmd, "-:")) && (cmd *= "i")    # Need to be -:i not -: to not swap output too
+	cmd = parse_these_opts(cmd, d, [[:A :ranges], [:C :numeric :per_column], [:D :center], [:E :get_record], [:F :counts],
+	                                [:L :common_limits], [:S :for_error_bars]])
+	cmd = add_opt(d, cmd, "I", [:I :inc :increment :spacing],
+	              (exact=("e", nothing, 1), polyg=("b", nothing, 1), surface=("s", nothing, 1), fft=("d", nothing, 1), inc=("", arg2str, 2)); del=false, expand=true)
+	add_opt(d, cmd, "T", [:T :nearest_multiple], (dz="", col="+c", column="+c"))
+end

src/psscale.jl

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ To see the full documentation type: ``@? colorbar``
 """
 function colorbar(arg1::Union{Nothing, GMTcpt}=nothing; first=true, kwargs...)
 	d, K, O = init_module(first==1, kwargs...)		# Also checks if the user wants ONLY the HELP mode
-	dbg_cmd, d, cmd, arg1 = colorbar_parser(arg1, O, d)
+	dbg_cmd, d, cmd, arg1 = colorbar_parser(isa(arg1, Nothing) ? GMTcpt() : arg1, O, d)
 	(dbg_cmd !== nothing) && return dbg_cmd
 	r = prep_and_call_finish_PS_module(d, cmd, "", K, O, true, arg1)
 	(!isa(r,String)) && gmt("destroy")      # Probably because of the rasters in cpt
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ function colorbar_parser(arg1::Union{Nothing, GMTcpt}, O::Bool, d::Dict{Symbol,
 
 	(!isempty(opt_D)) && (!contains(opt_D, "DJ") && !contains(opt_D, "Dj") && !contains(opt_D, "Dg")) && (cmd = replace(cmd, "-R " => ""))
 	cmd *= opt_D
-	cmd, arg1, = add_opt_cpt(d, cmd, CPTaliases, 'C', 0, arg1)
+	cmd, arg1, = add_opt_cpt(d, cmd, CPTaliases, 'C', 0, isempty(arg1) ? nothing : arg1)
 	if (opt_D === "" && ((val = hlp_desnany_str(d, [:triangles])) !== ""))	# User asked for triangles but did not set pos
 		(val == "true") && (val = "tri")			# Means just triangles
 		anc_tris = colorbar_triangles(val)			# Returns anchor+triangles string

src/psxy.jl

@@ -12,12 +12,10 @@ function common_plot_xyz(cmd0::String, arg1, caller::String, first::Bool, is3D::
 	d, K, O = init_module(first, kwargs...)		# Also checks if the user wants ONLY the HELP mode
 	(cmd0 != "" && arg1 === nothing && is_in_dict(d, [:groupvar :hue]) !== nothing) && (arg1 = gmtread(cmd0); cmd0 = "")
 	_common_plot_xyz(cmd0, arg1, caller, O, K, is3D, d)
-	#invokelatest(_common_plot_xyz, cmd0, arg1, caller, O, K, is3D, d)
 end
 function common_plot_xyz(cmd0::String, arg1, caller::String, first::Bool, is3D::Bool, d::Dict{Symbol, Any})
 	(cmd0 != "" && arg1 === nothing && is_in_dict(d, [:groupvar :hue]) !== nothing) && (arg1 = gmtread(cmd0); cmd0 = "")
 	_common_plot_xyz(cmd0, arg1, caller, !first, true, is3D, d)
-	#invokelatest(_common_plot_xyz, cmd0, arg1, caller, !first, true, is3D, d)
 end
 function _common_plot_xyz(cmd0::String, arg1, caller::String, O::Bool, K::Bool, is3D::Bool, d::Dict{Symbol, Any})
 	first = !O
@@ -411,8 +409,8 @@ function parse_plot_callers(d::Dict{Symbol, Any}, gmt_proggy::String, caller::St
 end
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-plt_txt_attrib!(D::GMTdataset{T,N}, d::Dict{Symbol, Any}, _cmd::Vector{String}) where {T,N} = plt_txt_attrib!([D], d, _cmd)
-function plt_txt_attrib!(D::Vector{<:GMTdataset{T,N}}, d::Dict{Symbol, Any}, _cmd::Vector{String}) where {T,N}
+plt_txt_attrib!(D::GMTdataset, d::Dict{Symbol, Any}, _cmd::Vector{String}) = plt_txt_attrib!([D], d, _cmd)
+function plt_txt_attrib!(D::Vector{<:GMTdataset}, d::Dict{Symbol, Any}, _cmd::Vector{String})
 	# Plot TEXT attributed labels and serve as function barrier agains the f Any's (not sure if succeeds)
 	((s_val = hlp_desnany_str(d, [:labels])) === "") && return nothing
 
@@ -561,7 +559,7 @@ function check_grouping!(d, arg1)
 end
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-function check_ribbon(d::Dict{Symbol, Any}, arg1::GMTdataset{T,N}, cmd::String, opt_W::String) where {T,N}
+function check_ribbon(d::Dict{Symbol, Any}, arg1::GMTdataset, cmd::String, opt_W::String)
 	((val = find_in_dict(d, [:ribbon :band])[1]) === nothing) && return arg1, cmd
 	ec1, ec2, add_2 = helper_check_ribbon(val)		# Function barrier agains Anys
 	(add_2) ? add2ds!(arg1, ec2; names=["Zbnd1","Zbnd2"]) : add2ds!(arg1, ec1; name="Zbnd")
@@ -570,7 +568,7 @@ function check_ribbon(d::Dict{Symbol, Any}, arg1::GMTdataset{T,N}, cmd::String,
 	return arg1, cmd
 end
 
-function check_ribbon(d::Dict{Symbol, Any}, arg1::Vector{<:GMTdataset{T,N}}, cmd::String, opt_W::String) where {T,N}
+function check_ribbon(d::Dict{Symbol, Any}, arg1::Vector{<:GMTdataset}, cmd::String, opt_W::String)
 	((val = find_in_dict(d, [:ribbon :band])[1]) === nothing) && return arg1, cmd
 	ec1, ec2, add_2 = helper_check_ribbon(val)		# Function barrier agains Anys
 	if (add_2)

src/sample1d.jl

@@ -60,13 +60,14 @@ function sample1d_helper(cmd0::String, arg1; kwargs...)
 	d = init_module(false, kwargs...)[1]		# Also checks if the user wants ONLY the HELP mode
 	isa(arg1, Matrix{<:Real}) && (arg1 = mat2ds(Float64.(arg1)))	#  One less type to deal with
 	fill_nans = is_in_kwargs(d, [:fill_nans :interp_nans])
-	(cmd0 != "") && fill_nans && (arg1 = gmtread(cmd0))
+	(cmd0 != "") && fill_nans && (arg1 = gmtread(cmd0); cmd0 = "")
 	fill_nans && isa(arg1, Vector) && (@warn "Filling NaNs only works with GMTdatasets. For vectors you must run one by one"; return nothing)
-    sample1d_helper(cmd0, arg1, d)
+	sample1d_helper(wrapDatasets(cmd0, arg1), d)
 end
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-function sample1d_helper(cmd0::String, arg1, d::Dict{Symbol,Any})
+function sample1d_helper(w::wrapDatasets, d::Dict{Symbol,Any})
+	cmd0, arg1 = unwrapDatasets(w::wrapDatasets)
 
 	cmd = parse_common_opts(d, "", [:V_params :b :d :e :f :h :i :o :s :w :yx])[1]
 	_, opt_g = parse_g(d, "")