MNT: remove unreachable code

tacaswell · tacaswell · commit 9c61a9deb023 · 2016-05-29T18:36:02.000-04:00
The validation on the rcParams means that `rcParams['axes.prop_cycle']`
can never be None.
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py
@@ -164,9 +164,6 @@ def __setstate__(self, state):
     def set_prop_cycle(self, *args, **kwargs):
         if not (args or kwargs) or (len(args) == 1 and args[0] is None):
             prop_cycler = rcParams['axes.prop_cycle']
-            if prop_cycler is None and 'axes.color_cycle' in rcParams:
-                clist = rcParams['axes.color_cycle']
-                prop_cycler = cycler('color', clist)
         else:
             prop_cycler = cycler(*args, **kwargs)
 
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/colors.py b/lib/matplotlib/colors.py
@@ -126,11 +126,7 @@ def to_rgba(c, alpha=None):
     # Special-case nth color syntax because it should not be cached.
     if _is_nth_color(c):
         from matplotlib import rcParams
-        from matplotlib.rcsetup import cycler
         prop_cycler = rcParams['axes.prop_cycle']
-        if prop_cycler is None and 'axes.color_cycle' in rcParams:
-            clist = rcParams['axes.color_cycle']
-            prop_cycler = cycler('color', clist)
         colors = prop_cycler._transpose().get('color', 'k')
         c = colors[int(c[1]) % len(colors)]
     try:
