MNT: clean up imports a bit

tacaswell · tacaswell · commit ee2e1c9e2d0c · 2015-10-13T13:34:32.000-04:00
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
 from matplotlib import unpack_labeled_data
 
 import matplotlib.cbook as cbook
-from matplotlib.cbook import mplDeprecation, STEP_LOOKUP_MAP
+from matplotlib.cbook import (mplDeprecation, STEP_LOOKUP_MAP, is_sequence_of_strings,
+                              iterable, is_string_like)
 import matplotlib.collections as mcoll
 import matplotlib.colors as mcolors
 import matplotlib.contour as mcontour
@@ -43,10 +44,6 @@
 
 rcParams = matplotlib.rcParams
 
-iterable = cbook.iterable
-is_string_like = cbook.is_string_like
-is_sequence_of_strings = cbook.is_sequence_of_strings
-
 
 def _plot_args_replacer(args, data):
     if len(args) == 1:
