more harness around locale

jdh2358 · jdh2358 · commit 6be06d21c887 · 2009-08-23T18:42:37.000Z
svn path=/branches/v0_99_maint/; revision=7541
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/cbook.py b/lib/matplotlib/cbook.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 try:
     preferredencoding = locale.getpreferredencoding()
-except ValueError:
+except (ValueError, ImportError):
     preferredencoding = None
 
 def unicode_safe(s):
