Merge pull request #10422 from cclauss/patch-1

anntzer · web-flow · commit 0c3b9d70e010 · 2018-02-13T16:16:22.000+01:00
Define RecursionError for Python versions &lt; 3.5
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_pickle.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_pickle.py
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 import matplotlib.transforms as mtransforms
 
+try:  # https://docs.python.org/3/library/exceptions.html#RecursionError
+    RecursionError                 # Python 3.5+
+except NameError:
+    RecursionError = RuntimeError  # Python < 3.5
+
 
 def test_simple():
     fig = plt.figure()
