Re: [matplotlib-devel] pcolormesh in transforms branch

[Jeff W. <js...@fa...>]

John Hunter wrote:
> 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
>   
John: You're right, I should do that.  This is only in the examples, not 
in the basemap code itself though.

-Jeff

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