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? Glad to hear things are working with basemap. That was a lot faster than I expected. I feel much better about moving the transforms changes to the trunk... Cheers, Mike -- 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