Catch exception for PyPy

gabriel-munteanu · gabriel-munteanu · commit 56f92e442fa7 · 2017-06-26T13:25:34.000+03:00
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/cbook/deprecation.py b/lib/matplotlib/cbook/deprecation.py
@@ -174,8 +174,8 @@ def deprecate(obj, message=message, name=name, alternative=alternative,
             def finalize(wrapper, new_doc):
                 try:
                     obj.__doc__ = new_doc
-                except AttributeError:
-                    pass  # cls.__doc__ is not writeable on Py2.
+                except (AttributeError, TypeError):
+                    pass  # cls.__doc__ is not writeable on Py2. TypeError occurs on PyPy
                 obj.__init__ = wrapper
                 return obj
         else:
