win32InstalledFonts return value

timhoffm · timhoffm · commit 0c6ae9387b36 · 2018-09-22T17:34:32.000+02:00
diff --git a/doc/api/next_api_changes/2018-09-22-TH-win32InstalledFonts.rst b/doc/api/next_api_changes/2018-09-22-TH-win32InstalledFonts.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+matplotlib.font_manager.win32InstalledFonts return value
+````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
+
+`matplotlib.font_manager.win32InstalledFonts` returns an empty list instead
+of None if no fonts are found.
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/font_manager.py b/lib/matplotlib/font_manager.py
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ def win32InstalledFonts(directory=None, fontext='ttf'):
                 return list(items)
         except (OSError, MemoryError):
             continue
-    return None
+    return []
 
 
 def OSXInstalledFonts(directories=None, fontext='ttf'):
