Raises a RuntimeError when incompatible inputs are provided to the plot function using the plotly backend.

Called once during setting of plotly backend.

make _normalize_matrix_blocks check number of orbitals

Closes #346

See merge request kwant/kwant!349

This test was previously incorrect, but because we didn't actually
check the number of orbitals on constant values on finalization
this was not caught.

We allow the function that produced the data to be passed to
'_normalize_matrix_blocks', and any error messages are augmented
with this information. This may prove useful for debugging.

Previously these 2 steps were done in one pass. Now we separate them
out in order to facilitate augnmenting the verification to include
checking the number of orbitals (in future commits).

These will be needed later when verifying that constant values have
the correct shape.

It is only used in the tests anyway. This way we export less
API from the builder module.

add a test for invalid value functions

See merge request kwant/kwant!347

Previously we would use '*_term_parameters', as returned by
'_make_*_terms', however this was polluted with Exceptions.
Instead we modify '_make_*_terms' so that it does not return this
confusing object and use 'terms' directly, which are guaranteed
to either have a valid set of 'parameters' or 'None'.

Note that we only raise an error if 'params' is specified. This may
actually be incorrect; if we have a keyword-only parameter, for example
then the way in which we call the value function will always produce
an error, regardless of whether 'params' is specified or not.

implement vectorized value broadcasting

Closes #342

See merge request kwant/kwant!346

This is shorter but no less clear.

When a value function returns a single scalar or a matrix, we
reshape and repeat this value to obtain the required 3-axis array.

We want to enable: single scalars (norbs=1) or matrices (norbs>1),
functions returning single scalars or matrices, or functions returning
vectors of single scalars or matrices.

make system terms immutable

See merge request kwant/kwant!348

It is very easy to accidentally modify the subgraphs in place,
which should not be possible

Finalized Builders store negative term numbers associated with
edges in the graph whose reverse we must compute using
'hamiltonian_term'. If we are not careful people may use these
negative term numbers with 'hamiltonian_submatrix'.

vectorized operators

Closes #318

See merge request kwant/kwant!337