zorder support in figure: use same sort idiom as in axes

efiring · efiring · commit 3493883c26e2 · 2009-12-21T19:49:17.000Z
svn path=/trunk/matplotlib/; revision=8049
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/figure.py b/lib/matplotlib/figure.py
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
 import matplotlib.cbook as cbook
 from matplotlib import docstring
 
+from operator import itemgetter
+
 docstring.interpd.update(projection_names = get_projection_names())
 
 class SubplotParams:
@@ -742,8 +744,6 @@ def draw(self, renderer):
         # a list of (zorder, func_to_call, list_of_args)
         dsu = []
 
-
-        # todo: respect zorder
         for a in self.patches:
             dsu.append( (a.get_zorder(), a.draw, [renderer]))
 
@@ -797,8 +797,7 @@ def draw_composite():
         for a in self.legends:
             dsu.append( (a.get_zorder(), a.draw, [renderer]))
 
-
-        dsu.sort(key=lambda x: x[0])
+        dsu.sort(key=itemgetter(0))
         for zorder, func, args in dsu:
             func(*args)
 
