remove pyexcelerator support - use xlwt instead

jdh2358 · jdh2358 · commit 0ba27e91f196 · 2009-01-30T16:19:24.000Z
svn path=/trunk/matplotlib/; revision=6858
diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2009-01-30 Remove support for pyExcelerator in exceltools -- use xlwt
+           instead - JDH
+
 2009-01-29 Document 'resolution' kwarg for polar plots.  Support it
            when using pyplot.polar, not just Figure.add_axes. - MGD
 
diff --git a/doc/api/api_changes.rst b/doc/api/api_changes.rst
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ list may help describe what changes may be necessary in your code.
 
 Changes for 0.98.x
 ==================
+* Remove support for pyExcelerator in exceltools -- use xlwt
+  instead 
 
 * Changed the defaults of acorr and xcorr to use usevlines=True,
   maxlags=10 and normed=True since these are the best defaults
diff --git a/lib/mpl_toolkits/exceltools.py b/lib/mpl_toolkits/exceltools.py
@@ -22,13 +22,7 @@
 import copy
 import numpy as np
 
-try:
-    import xlwt as excel
-except ImportError:
-    try:
-        import pyExcelerator as excel
-    except ImportError:
-        raise ImportError('You must install xlwt or pyExcelterator to use the exceltools')
+import xlwt as excel
 
 import matplotlib.cbook as cbook
 import matplotlib.mlab as mlab
