Pass bytes to QApplication()

t20100 · t20100 · commit 52eb8b8397d2 · 2017-09-08T12:09:07.000+02:00
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_qt5.py b/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_qt5.py
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ def _create_qApp():
                 if display is None or not re.search(r':\d', display):
                     raise RuntimeError('Invalid DISPLAY variable')
 
-            qApp = QtWidgets.QApplication(["matplotlib"])
+            qApp = QtWidgets.QApplication([b"matplotlib"])
             qApp.lastWindowClosed.connect(qApp.quit)
         else:
             qApp = app
