handled sf bugs 2831556 and 2830525; better bar error messages and backend driver configs

jdh2358 · jdh2358 · commit a447613b13aa · 2009-08-03T16:38:25.000Z
svn path=/branches/v0_99_maint/; revision=7334
diff --git a/examples/tests/backend_driver.py b/examples/tests/backend_driver.py
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ def drive(backend, directories, python=['python'], switches = []):
         if backend in rcsetup.interactive_bk:
             tmpfile.write('show()')
         else:
-            tmpfile.write('\nsavefig("%s", dpi=150)' % outfile)
+            tmpfile.write('\nsavefig(r"%s", dpi=150)' % outfile)
 
         tmpfile.close()
         start_time = time.time()
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ def parse_options():
         python = ['valgrind', '--tool=memcheck', '--leak-check=yes',
                   '--log-file=%(name)s', 'python']
     elif sys.platform == 'win32':
-        python = [r'c:\Python24\python.exe']
+        python = [sys.executable]
     else:
         python = ['python']
 
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes.py
@@ -4229,20 +4229,20 @@ def make_iterable(x):
 
         # FIXME: convert the following to proper input validation
         # raising ValueError; don't use assert for this.
-        assert len(left)==nbars, "argument 'left' must be %d or scalar" % nbars
-        assert len(height)==nbars, ("argument 'height' must be %d or scalar" %
+        assert len(left)==nbars, "incompatible sizes: argument 'left' must be length %d or scalar" % nbars
+        assert len(height)==nbars, ("incompatible sizes: argument 'height' must be length %d or scalar" %
                                     nbars)
-        assert len(width)==nbars, ("argument 'width' must be %d or scalar" %
+        assert len(width)==nbars, ("incompatible sizes: argument 'width' must be length %d or scalar" %
                                    nbars)
-        assert len(bottom)==nbars, ("argument 'bottom' must be %d or scalar" %
+        assert len(bottom)==nbars, ("incompatible sizes: argument 'bottom' must be length %d or scalar" %
                                     nbars)
 
         if yerr is not None and len(yerr)!=nbars:
             raise ValueError(
-                "bar() argument 'yerr' must be len(%s) or scalar" % nbars)
+                "incompatible sizes: bar() argument 'yerr' must be len(%s) or scalar" % nbars)
         if xerr is not None and len(xerr)!=nbars:
             raise ValueError(
-                "bar() argument 'xerr' must be len(%s) or scalar" % nbars)
+                "incompatible sizes: bar() argument 'xerr' must be len(%s) or scalar" % nbars)
 
         patches = []
 
