On 9/10/2013 1:54 PM, Eric Firing wrote: > On 2013/09/10 5:43 AM, Michael Droettboom wrote: >> Do any of those use ctypes? Try creating a minimal ctypes example and >> see if that works. > > Mike, > > I was a bit horrified to see that ctypes import and usage in mpl; > fortunately it is a workaround for a PySide bug, and should only be > temporary, if it should be there at all. > > Eric >
Don't be horrified. The Ctypes workaround went trough the mailing list, a PR with discussions including most core developers, testing, several beta/rc/final versions, and real word usage. It fixes a problem that is still present today without it: the Qt4Agg backend is practically unusable with any recent version of PySide on CPython 3.x. Anyway, the Ctypes code could be put in a try/except statement for environments that don't support Ctypes or Python's C API. Christoph ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ How ServiceNow helps IT people transform IT departments: 1. Consolidate legacy IT systems to a single system of record for IT 2. Standardize and globalize service processes across IT 3. Implement zero-touch automation to replace manual, redundant tasks http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=51271111&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
