Re: [matplotlib-devel] pcolormesh in transforms branch

[John H. <jd...@gm...>]

On Dec 3, 2007 2:08 PM, Jeff Whitaker <js...@fa...> wrote:

> try:
>     l,b,w,h = ax.get_position()
> except:
>     l,b,w,h = (ax.get_position()).bounds

In general, blanket excepts are bad practice because they can mask
other bugs.  You might catch the AttributeError, or do something like:

pos = ax.get_position()
l, b, w, h = getattr(pos, 'bounds', pos)

or maybe a version or other check to see if you are on the branch

JDH