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X Title: get_backend() backward compatibility · Issue #11852 · matplotlib/matplotlib

Description: Under matplotlib 3.0.0rc1, the return value of matplotlib.get_backend() is a sentinel object: In [2]: matplotlib.get_backend() Out[2]: In [3]: backend = matplotlib.get_backend() In [4]: backend.lower() -----------...

Open Graph Description: Under matplotlib 3.0.0rc1, the return value of matplotlib.get_backend() is a sentinel object: In [2]: matplotlib.get_backend() Out[2]: In [3]: backend = matplotlib.get_backe...

X Description: Under matplotlib 3.0.0rc1, the return value of matplotlib.get_backend() is a sentinel object: In [2]: matplotlib.get_backend() Out[2]: <object at 0x111292d50> In [3]: backend = matplotlib.get...

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