Drop need for Py2 unicode hack.

anntzer · anntzer · commit b44204997dd7 · 2018-02-02T08:57:56.000-08:00
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/cbook/__init__.py b/lib/matplotlib/cbook/__init__.py
@@ -2835,7 +2835,7 @@ def method(self, *args, **kwargs):
                 exists = True
                 for alias in aliases:
                     method = make_alias(prefix + prop)
-                    method.__name__ = str(prefix + alias)  # Py2 compat.
+                    method.__name__ = prefix + alias
                     method.__doc__ = "alias for `{}`".format(prefix + prop)
                     local_d[prefix + alias] = method
         if not exists:
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/collections.py b/lib/matplotlib/collections.py
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@
 they are meant to be fast for common use cases (e.g., a large set of solid
 line segemnts)
 """
-from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function,
-                        unicode_literals)
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
 
 import warnings
 
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/lines.py b/lib/matplotlib/lines.py
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@
 """
 
 # TODO: expose cap and join style attrs
-from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function,
-                        unicode_literals)
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
 
 import six
 
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/patches.py b/lib/matplotlib/patches.py
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-
-from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function,
-                        unicode_literals)
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
 
 import six
 from six.moves import map, zip
@@ -1488,7 +1485,7 @@ def __init__(self, xy, radius=5, **kwargs):
         """
         Create true circle at center *xy* = (*x*, *y*) with given
         *radius*.  Unlike :class:`~matplotlib.patches.CirclePolygon`
-        which is a polygonal approximation, this uses Bézier splines
+        which is a polygonal approximation, this uses Bezier splines
         and is much closer to a scale-free circle.
 
         Valid kwargs are:
