ValueError: stretch is invalid

[mdboom]

On current master

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

fig, ax = plt.subplots()

results in

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "mpl_xkcd.py", line 19, in <module>
    fig, ax = plt.subplots()
  File "/scratch/matplotlib/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py", line 1034, in subplots
    ax0 = fig.add_subplot(nrows, ncols, 1, **subplot_kw)
  File "/scratch/matplotlib/lib/matplotlib/figure.py", line 914, in add_subplot
    a = subplot_class_factory(projection_class)(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/scratch/matplotlib/lib/matplotlib/axes.py", line 9225, in __init__
    self._axes_class.__init__(self, fig, self.figbox, **kwargs)
  File "/scratch/matplotlib/lib/matplotlib/axes.py", line 450, in __init__
    self._init_axis()
  File "/scratch/matplotlib/lib/matplotlib/axes.py", line 507, in _init_axis
    self.xaxis = maxis.XAxis(self)
  File "/scratch/matplotlib/lib/matplotlib/axis.py", line 645, in __init__
    self.label = self._get_label()
  File "/scratch/matplotlib/lib/matplotlib/axis.py", line 1615, in _get_label
    weight=rcParams['axes.labelweight']),
  File "/scratch/matplotlib/lib/matplotlib/font_manager.py", line 689, in __init__
    self.set_stretch(stretch)
  File "/scratch/matplotlib/lib/matplotlib/font_manager.py", line 872, in set_stretch
    raise ValueError("stretch is invalid")
ValueError: stretch is invalid

Maybe this is related to commit cc61700

[pelson]

Thanks for reporting. I can't reproduce this - have you changed any values in rcParams? Did you re-build matplotlib when updating?

I've marked this as a 1.3.x release blocker as I think we need to get to the bottom of this before we can continue with the release.

[bmu]

My mplrc is here. There are some changes. However everything worked fine up to today when I pulled the current master.

[pelson]

Thanks @bmu - I've commented on the commit where I think a bug was introduced.

[mdboom]

@bmu: Can you confirm the attached patch resolves your issue?

[bmu]

yup, thist solves the issue. Thanks