Re: [matplotlib-devel] pcolormesh in transforms branch

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

That's great!  I just assumed I had trampled over all kinds of 
semi-public APIs... ;)

Cheers,
Mike

Jeff Whitaker wrote:
> Michael Droettboom wrote:
>> 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?
> 
> No, none.  I did uncover one bug though!
> 
> -Jeff
> 
> 

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