Re: [Matplotlib-users] plt.close(fig) error in python 3.2

[Benjamin R. <ben...@ou...>]

On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 7:32 AM, <jos...@gm...> wrote:

> Sorry for reporting this here, it's the only way for matplotlib I'm
> signed up for.
>
> I'm testing scikits statsmodels on Python 3.2
>
> plt.close(fig) in the graphics tests raises an error, python 3.2,
> matplotlib 1.2.x from Gohlke for Win 64, nose 1.0.0
>
>  File
> "C:\Programs\Python32\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\_pylab_helpers.py",
> line 75, in destroy_fig
>    for manager in Gcf.figs.values():
> RuntimeError: dictionary changed size during iteration
>
> https://github.com/statsmodels/statsmodels/issues/152
>
> https://github.com/statsmodels/statsmodels/blob/master/scikits/statsmodels/graphics/tests/test_boxplots.py#L15
>
> replacing plt.close(fig) with plt.close('all') removes the test errors
> in python 3.2
>
> Since I'm not familiar with the matplotlib details, I don't know what
> this means.
>
> Josef
>
>
Could you double-check exactly which version you have?  In the master
branch, we made a change on Nov 14th to not delete dictionary items while
iterating.  I suspect Gohlke's build was from before then.

Ben Root