Fix bbox_inches="tight" in Python 3.x

mdboom · mdboom · commit 927acf856bb3 · 2011-08-25T13:12:07.000-04:00
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backend_bases.py b/lib/matplotlib/backend_bases.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 """
 
 from __future__ import division, print_function
-import os, warnings, time
+import os, warnings, time, io
 
 import numpy as np
 import matplotlib.cbook as cbook
@@ -1939,9 +1939,9 @@ def print_figure(self, filename, dpi=None, facecolor='w', edgecolor='w',
                 # the backend to support file-like object, i'm going
                 # to leave it as it is. However, a better solution
                 # than stringIO seems to be needed. -JJL
-                #result = getattr(self, method_name)(
+                #result = getattr(self, method_name)
                 result = print_method(
-                    cStringIO.StringIO(),
+                    io.BytesIO(),
                     dpi=dpi,
                     facecolor=facecolor,
                     edgecolor=edgecolor,
