added a modified version of erics importer

jdh2358 · jdh2358 · commit c2d44e9cc754 · 2007-07-14T14:14:24.000Z
svn path=/trunk/matplotlib/; revision=3526
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/__init__.py b/lib/matplotlib/__init__.py
@@ -886,4 +886,19 @@ def __init__(self, namespace):
                 self.__dict__[modname.replace('matplotlib.', '')] = v
 
 
+class Importer:
+    def __init__(self, modstr):
+        """
+        import a bunch of matplotlib modules listed in modstr into a
+        single namespace.  Eg,
 
+        mpl = Importer('artist, cbook, lines, patches')
+        print mpl.cbook.iterable(1)
+        """
+        for name in modstr.split(','):
+            name = name.strip()
+            wholename = '.'.join(['matplotlib', name])
+            basemod = __import__(wholename)
+            mod = getattr(basemod, name)
+            setattr(self, name, mod)
+            
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes.py
@@ -8,15 +8,10 @@
 import matplotlib
 rcParams = matplotlib.rcParams
 
-from matplotlib import artist, agg, axis, cbook, collections, colors, \
-     contour, dates, font_manager, image, legend, lines, mlab, cm, \
-     patches, quiver, table, text, ticker, transforms
-
-# put all the matplotlib modules in the local namespace into a single
-# namespace object to avoid ambiguity in references below, eg artist
-# becomes mpl.artist
-mpl = matplotlib.Namespace(locals())
-
+# import a bunch of matplotlib modules into a single namespace
+mpl = matplotlib.Importer("""artist, agg, axis, cbook, collections, colors, 
+     contour, dates, font_manager, image, legend, lines, mlab, cm, 
+     patches, quiver, table, text, ticker, transforms""")
 
 def delete_masked_points(*args):
     """
