BUG: add fix for Python 2.6 compatibility

matthew-brett · matthew-brett · commit d9f02a93a65e · 2015-01-01T01:53:31.000Z
re.flags argument to re.sub appears to a 2.7 innovation.
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/sphinxext/plot_directive.py b/lib/matplotlib/sphinxext/plot_directive.py
@@ -334,8 +334,8 @@ def remove_coding(text):
     """
     Remove the coding comment, which six.exec_ doesn't like.
     """
-    return re.sub(
-        "^#\s*-\*-\s*coding:\s*.*-\*-$", "", text, flags=re.MULTILINE)
+    sub_re = re.compile("^#\s*-\*-\s*coding:\s*.*-\*-$", flags=re.MULTILINE)
+    return sub_re.sub("", text)
 
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 # Template
