Update a few functions in RcParams

chahak13 · chahak13 · commit 47b48ee2282f · 2023-10-23T21:20:23.000-04:00
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/__init__.py b/lib/matplotlib/__init__.py
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
 
 
 import atexit
-from collections import namedtuple, ChainMap, defaultdict
+from collections import namedtuple, ChainMap
 from collections.abc import MutableMapping, Mapping
 import contextlib
 import functools
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ def _split_key(self, key, sep="."):
         keys = key.split(sep, maxsplit=1)
         return keys, len(keys)
 
-    def _set(self, key, value):
+    def _set(self, key, val):
         """
         Directly write data bypassing deprecation and validation logic.
 
@@ -712,10 +712,22 @@ def _set(self, key, value):
         keys, depth = self._split_key(key)
         if depth == 1:
             if key in self.single_key_set:
-                self._namespace_maps["default"][key] = value
-            self._namespace_maps[key] = value
+                self._namespace_maps["default"][key] = val
+            # Uncomment the following line and remove the raise statement
+            # to enable setting namespaces.
+            # else:
+            #     if isinstance(val, dict):
+            #         self._namespace_maps[key] = ChainMap({}, val)
+            #     else:
+            #         raise ValueError(
+            #             f"{key} should be set using a dictionary but found "
+            #             f"{type(val)}")
+            else:
+                raise KeyError(
+                    f"{key} is not a valid rc parameter (see rcParams.keys() for "
+                    f"a list of valid parameters)")
         elif depth == 2:
-            self._namespace_maps[keys[0]][keys[1]] = value
+            self._namespace_maps[keys[0]][keys[1]] = val
 
     def _get(self, key):
         """
@@ -740,7 +752,7 @@ def _get(self, key):
         if depth == 1:
             if key in self.single_key_set:
                 return self._namespace_maps["default"].get(key)
-            # Comment the following line and remove the raise statement
+            # Uncomment the following line and remove the raise statement
             # to enable getting namespace parameters.
             # return self._namespace_maps[key]
             else:
@@ -807,22 +819,31 @@ def __getitem__(self, key):
 
     def _get_backend_or_none(self):
         """Get the requested backend, if any, without triggering resolution."""
-        backend = self._get("default.backend")
+        backend = self._get("backend")
         return None if backend is rcsetup._auto_backend_sentinel else backend
 
     def __delitem__(self, key):
         keys, depth = self._split_key(key)
-        if depth == 1:
-            del self._namespace_maps[key]
-        elif depth == 2:
-            del self._namespace_maps[keys[0]][keys[1]]
+        try:
+            if depth == 1:
+                if key in self.single_key_set:
+                    del self._namespace_maps["default"][key]
+                else:
+                    raise KeyError
+            elif depth == 2:
+                del self._namespace_maps[keys[0]][keys[1]]
+        except KeyError as err:
+            raise KeyError(
+                f"{key} is not a valid rc parameter (see rcParams.keys() for "
+                f"a list of valid parameters)") from err
 
     def __contains__(self, key):
         keys, depth = self._split_key(key)
         if depth == 1:
             if key in self.single_key_set:
                 return key in self._namespace_maps["default"]
-            return key in self._namespace_maps
+            else:
+                return False
         elif depth == 2:
             return any(key in mapping for mapping in self._namespace_maps)
 
@@ -865,15 +886,22 @@ def items(self):
     def pop(self, key):
         keys, depth = self._split_key(key)
         if depth == 1:
-            self._mapping.pop()
+            if key in self.single_key_set:
+                return self._namespace_mapping["default"][key]
+            else:
+                raise KeyError(
+                    f"{key} is not a valid rc parameter (see rcParams.keys() for "
+                    f"a list of valid parameters)")
         elif depth == 2:
-            self._namespace_mapping[keys[0]].pop(keys[1])
+            return self._namespace_mapping[keys[0]].pop(keys[1])
 
     def popitem(self):
-        return self._mapping.popitem()
+        raise NotImplementedError(
+            "popitem is not implemented for RcParams.")
 
     def clear(self):
-        self._mapping.clear()
+        for namespace in self._namespace_maps:
+            self._namespace_maps[namespace].clear()
 
     def setdefault(self, key, default=None):
         self[key] = default
@@ -1005,6 +1033,8 @@ def _rc_params_in_file(fname, transform=lambda x: x, fail_on_error=False):
     config = RcParams()
 
     for key, (val, line, line_no) in rc_temp.items():
+        if key in config.single_key_set:
+            key = f"default.{key}"
         if key in rcsetup._validators:
             if fail_on_error:
                 config[key] = val  # try to convert to proper type or raise
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/mpl-data/matplotlibrc b/lib/matplotlib/mpl-data/matplotlibrc
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 ##     PS PDF SVG Template
 ## You can also deploy your own backend outside of Matplotlib by referring to
 ## the module name (which must be in the PYTHONPATH) as 'module://my_backend'.
-##default.backend: Agg
+##backend: Agg
 
 ## The port to use for the web server in the WebAgg backend.
 #webagg.port: 8988
@@ -100,12 +100,12 @@
 ## If you are running pyplot inside a GUI and your backend choice
 ## conflicts, we will automatically try to find a compatible one for
 ## you if backend_fallback is True
-#default.backend_fallback: True
+#backend_fallback: True
 
-#default.interactive: False
+#interactive: False
 #figure.hooks:          # list of dotted.module.name:dotted.callable.name
-#default.toolbar:     toolbar2  # {None, toolbar2, toolmanager}
-#default.timezone:    UTC       # a pytz timezone string, e.g., US/Central or Europe/Paris
+#toolbar:     toolbar2  # {None, toolbar2, toolmanager}
+#timezone:    UTC       # a pytz timezone string, e.g., US/Central or Europe/Paris
 
 
 ## ***************************************************************************
