Fix IPython import issue

philnagel · philnagel · commit 1c25c8a366ca · 2021-02-26T20:25:38.000-06:00
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backend_bases.py b/lib/matplotlib/backend_bases.py
@@ -1743,7 +1743,7 @@ def _fix_ipython_backend2gui(cls):
         # `ipython --auto`).  This cannot be done at import time due to
         # ordering issues, so we do it when creating a canvas, and should only
         # be done once per class (hence the `lru_cache(1)`).
-        if "IPython" not in sys.modules:
+        if sys.modules.get("IPython", None) is None:
             return
         import IPython
         ip = IPython.get_ipython()
