Merge pull request #17254 from meeseeksmachine/auto-backport-of-pr-17252-on-v3.2.x

QuLogic · web-flow · commit 687531dcad67 · 2020-04-28T00:30:37.000-04:00
Backport PR #17252 on branch v3.2.x (Fix bug where matplotlib.style('default') resets the backend)
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/style/core.py b/lib/matplotlib/style/core.py
@@ -43,14 +43,14 @@
 
 def _remove_blacklisted_style_params(d, warn=True):
     o = {}
-    for key, val in d.items():
+    for key in d:  # prevent triggering RcParams.__getitem__('backend')
         if key in STYLE_BLACKLIST:
             if warn:
                 cbook._warn_external(
                     "Style includes a parameter, '{0}', that is not related "
                     "to style.  Ignoring".format(key))
         else:
-            o[key] = val
+            o[key] = d[key]
     return o
 
 
