Merge pull request #6726 from tacaswell/mnt_simplify_get_data

jenshnielsen · web-flow · commit 890071e6a732 · 2016-07-12T10:52:42.000+01:00
MNT: use _get_data_path is cbook
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/cbook.py b/lib/matplotlib/cbook.py
@@ -821,8 +821,7 @@ def get_sample_data(fname, asfileobj=True):
     if matplotlib.rcParams['examples.directory']:
         root = matplotlib.rcParams['examples.directory']
     else:
-        root = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__),
-                            "mpl-data", "sample_data")
+        root = os.path.join(matplotlib._get_data_path(), 'sample_data')
     path = os.path.join(root, fname)
 
     if asfileobj:
