Modifications as per discussion on GitHub today (api_changes.rst not changed).

HubertHolin · HubertHolin · commit 34186bdd91d3 · 2012-05-17T19:35:00.000+02:00
diff --git a/examples/pylab_examples/pie_demo2.py b/examples/pylab_examples/pie_demo2.py
@@ -6,13 +6,9 @@
 like autolabeling the percentage, offsetting a slice with "explode"
 and adding a shadow, in different sizes.
 
-Requires matplotlib0-0.70 or later
-
 """
 from pylab import *
-import matplotlib.gridspec as gridspec
-import matplotlib.pyplot as pyplot
-
+from matplotlib.gridspec import GridSpec
 
 # Some data
 
@@ -21,28 +17,27 @@
 
 explode=(0, 0.05, 0, 0)
 
-
 # Make square figures and axes
 
-the_grid = matplotlib.gridspec.GridSpec(2, 2)
+the_grid = GridSpec(2, 2)
 
 figure(1, figsize=(6,6))
 
-pyplot.subplot(the_grid[0, 0])
+subplot(the_grid[0, 0])
 
-pie(fracs, labels = labels, autopct = '%1.1f%%', shadow = True)
+pie(fracs, labels=labels, autopct='%1.1f%%', shadow=True)
 
-pyplot.subplot(the_grid[0, 1])
+subplot(the_grid[0, 1])
 
-pie(fracs, explode=explode, labels = labels, autopct = '%1.1f%%', shadow = True)
+pie(fracs, explode=explode, labels=labels, autopct='%1.1f%%', shadow=True)
 
-pyplot.subplot(the_grid[1, 0])
+subplot(the_grid[1, 0])
 
-pie(fracs, labels = labels, autopct = '%1.1f%%', shadow = True, radius = 0.5)
+pie(fracs, labels=labels, autopct='%1.1f%%', shadow=True, radius=0.5)
 
-pyplot.subplot(the_grid[1, 1])
+subplot(the_grid[1, 1])
 
-pie(fracs, explode=explode, labels = labels, autopct = '%1.1f%%', shadow = True,
-	radius = 0.5)
+pie(fracs, explode=explode, labels=labels, autopct='%1.1f%%', shadow=True,
+	radius=0.5)
 
 show()
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes.py
@@ -5011,7 +5011,7 @@ def pie(self, x, explode=None, labels=None, colors=None,
 
           pie(x, explode=None, labels=None,
               colors=('b', 'g', 'r', 'c', 'm', 'y', 'k', 'w'),
-              autopct=None, pctdistance=0.6, labeldistance=1.1, shadow=False,
+              autopct=None, pctdistance=0.6, shadow=False, labeldistance=1.1,
               radius=None)
 
         Make a pie chart of array *x*.  The fractional area of each
