[3013559] cbook.get_sample_data: open image file in binary mode. Patch by C. Gohlke.

efiring · efiring · commit f0c0647c95f0 · 2010-06-11T08:34:24.000Z
svn path=/trunk/matplotlib/; revision=8413
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/cbook.py b/lib/matplotlib/cbook.py
@@ -619,7 +619,11 @@ def get_sample_data(self, fname, asfileobj=True):
         fname = cached[0]
 
         if asfileobj:
-            return file(fname)
+            if os.path.splitext(fname)[-1].lower() in ('.csv', '.xrc', '.txt'):
+                mode = 'r'
+            else:
+                mode = 'rb'
+            return open(fname, mode)
         else:
             return fname
 
