Sorry -- I meant remove the check for cairo >= 1.8. Michael Droettboom wrote: > Can you write it in such a way that the check is only removed on cairo < > 1.8? My employer is still standardized on RHEL4, for example, which has > cairo 1.2. > > Mike > > Michiel de Hoon wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> The draw_path method in backend_cairo.py starts with a check for the number >> of vertices in the path, and raises an error if the path contains more than >> 18980 vertices: >> >> def draw_path(self, gc, path, transform, rgbFace=None): >> if len(path.vertices) > 18980: >> raise ValueError("The Cairo backend can not draw paths longer >> than 18980 points.") >> >> This was needed in the past when cairo version 1.4.10 / pycairo version >> 1.4.0 would segfault: >> >> http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=487E2E78.1050501%40stsci.edu >> >> However, we're now at cairo, pycairo version 1.8.8, and I haven't seen any >> segfaults after removing this check. >> >> Does anybody object if I remove this check from the code? >> >> --Michiel. >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval >> Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs >> proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. >> See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev >> _______________________________________________ >> Matplotlib-devel mailing list >> Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel >> >> > >
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