Merge pull request #13791 from meeseeksmachine/auto-backport-of-pr-13787-on-v3.1.x

dstansby · web-flow · commit 50523e2c8d19 · 2019-03-29T11:46:53.000Z
Backport PR #13787 on branch v3.1.x (Fix failure to import matplotlib.animation on Windows.)
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/__init__.py b/lib/matplotlib/__init__.py
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ def impl(args, regex, min_ver=None):
                 for name in ["convert.exe", "magick.exe"]:
                     candidate = Path(binpath, name)
                     if candidate.exists():
-                        path = candidate
+                        path = str(candidate)
                         break
         else:
             path = "convert"
