Re: [Matplotlib-users] savefig and StringIO error on Python3

[Pierre H. <pie...@cr...>]

Le 02/11/2014 09:34, Scott Lasley a écrit :
> I wish I could say that it was because of a deep understanding of the inner workings of matplotlib or a rock solid grasp of python 3's bytes vs strings, but it wasn't.   fig.savefig threw the "TypeError: string argument expected, got 'bytes'" exception, so I figured BytesIO might work better with the binary png data than StringIO, and it did.
As a side note on the "bytes vs strings" topic, there is PyCon video 
that I found immensely useful:
Pragmatic Unicode, or How Do I Stop the Pain 
http://nedbatchelder.com/text/unipain.html
IMHO a 30 minutes talk worth watching.

best,
Pierre