Index: axes.py
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--- axes.py	(revision 2911)
+++ axes.py	(working copy)
@@ -2450,13 +2450,13 @@
 
 
     def bar(self, left, height, width=0.8, bottom=0,
-            color=None, edgecolor=None, yerr=None, xerr=None, ecolor=None, capsize=3,
-            align='edge', orientation='vertical'
+            color=None, edgecolor=None, linewidth=None, yerr=None, xerr=None, ecolor=None, 
+            capsize=3, align='edge', orientation='vertical'
             ):
         """
         BAR(left, height, width=0.8, bottom=0,
-            color=None, edgecolor=None, yerr=None, xerr=None, ecolor=None, capsize=3,
-            align='edge', orientation='vertical')
+            color=None, edgecolor=None, linewidth=None, yerr=None, xerr=None, ecolor=None, 
+            capsize=3, align='edge', orientation='vertical')
 
         Make a bar plot with rectangles bounded by
 
@@ -2467,8 +2467,8 @@
         Return value is a list of Rectangle patch instances
 
         BAR(left, height, width, bottom,
-            color, edgecolor, yerr, xerr, ecolor, capsize,
-            align, orientation)
+            color, edgecolor, linewidth, yerr, xerr, ecolor, 
+            capsize, align, orientation)
 
             left - the x coordinates of the left sides of the bars
 
@@ -2484,6 +2484,8 @@
 
             edgecolor specifies the colors of the bar edges
 
+            linewidth specifies the width of the contour line
+            
             xerr and yerr, if not None, will be used to generate errorbars
             on the bar chart
 
@@ -2602,6 +2604,7 @@
                 xy=(l, b), width=w, height=h,
                 facecolor=c,
                 edgecolor=e,
+                linewidth=linewidth
                 )
             self.add_patch(r)
             patches.append(r)