Don't index into __builtins__ (not supported by PyPy).

anntzer · anntzer · commit 0519ea3c2677 · 2017-03-18T15:46:54.000-07:00
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
@@ -6147,12 +6147,9 @@ def _normalize_input(inp, ename='input'):
         if bins is None:
             bins = rcParams['hist.bins']
 
-        # xrange becomes range after 2to3
+        # Avoid shadowing the builtin.
         bin_range = range
-        range = __builtins__["range"]
-
-        # NOTE: the range keyword overwrites the built-in func range !!!
-        #       needs to be fixed in numpy                           !!!
+        del range
 
         # Validate string inputs here so we don't have to clutter
         # subsequent code.
@@ -6514,10 +6511,7 @@ def hist2d(self, x, y, bins=10, range=None, normed=False, weights=None,
         .. plot:: mpl_examples/statistics/plot_hist.py
         """
 
-        # xrange becomes range after 2to3
-        bin_range = range
-        range = __builtins__["range"]
-        h, xedges, yedges = np.histogram2d(x, y, bins=bins, range=bin_range,
+        h, xedges, yedges = np.histogram2d(x, y, bins=bins, range=range,
                                            normed=normed, weights=weights)
 
         if cmin is not None:
