MNT : move import to top level

tacaswell · Julian Mehne · commit 59f3cc71ae67 · 2016-03-19T09:46:07.000+01:00
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/legend_handler.py b/lib/matplotlib/legend_handler.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ def legend_artist(self, legend, orig_handle, fontsize, handlebox):
 
 from matplotlib.externals import six
 from matplotlib.externals.six.moves import zip
+from itertools import cycle
 
 import numpy as np
 
@@ -593,7 +594,6 @@ def create_artists(self, legend, orig_handle,
             width = (width - pad*(ndivide - 1)) / ndivide
 
         xds = [xdescent - (width + pad) * i for i in range(ndivide)]
-        from itertools import cycle
         xd_next = cycle(xds).next
 
         a_list = []
