Re: [matplotlib-devel] pcolormesh in transforms branch

[Michael D. <md...@st...>]

Jeff Whitaker wrote:
> 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.

Just out of curiosity -- were there significant changes to the basemap 
code itself?

Glad to hear things are working with basemap.  That was a lot faster 
than I expected.  I feel much better about moving the transforms changes 
to the trunk...

Cheers,
Mike

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Michael Droettboom
Science Software Branch
Operations and Engineering Division
Space Telescope Science Institute
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