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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 > > -- Michael Droettboom Science Software Branch Operations and Engineering Division Space Telescope Science Institute Operated by AURA for NASA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
