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@anntzer anntzer commented Oct 14, 2021

The exception message is clearer for end users than downstream callers
failing to open() a file named "".

Also update the function's docstring.

_tfmfile now never returns None (an exception would have been raised
earlier by find_tex_file), so remove the corresponding branch.

From a quick look, #21354 seems to arise from a missing pdftex.map;
this patch would have made the error clearer.

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I'm slightly worried on the API change. There might be users out there using find_tex_file to check if a package is installed.

The more defensive approach would be:

  • If find_tex_file doesn't find a file it issues a warning that it will fali in the future. But it still returns '' for now.
  • Tempoarily we add a function
    def _find_tex_file_or_raise(filename):
        with.warnings.catch_warnings():
            warnings.filter(...)
            tex_file = find_tex_file(filename)
            if not tex_file:
               raise FileNotFoundError(...)
            return tex_file
    
  • and replace all internal usages with this function.

This would give nice error messages for internal problems but still gives find_tex_file users the opportunity to prepare for the API change.

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anntzer commented Oct 14, 2021

OK, switch to warning.

The exception message is clearer for end users than downstream callers
failing to `open()` a file named `""`.

Also update the function's docstring.

_tfmfile now never returns None (an exception would have been raised
earlier by find_tex_file), so remove the corresponding branch.
@QuLogic QuLogic merged commit 3587a9f into matplotlib:master Oct 15, 2021
@QuLogic QuLogic added this to the v3.6.0 milestone Oct 15, 2021
@anntzer anntzer deleted the ftf branch October 16, 2021 07:41
tacaswell pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Oct 20, 2021
Raise an exception when find_tex_file fails to find a file.
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