BUG: Always str

larsoner · larsoner · commit 8754deb72a95 · 2020-06-25T16:10:57.000-04:00
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/animation.py b/lib/matplotlib/animation.py
@@ -1106,8 +1106,7 @@ def func(current_frame: int, total_frames: int) -> Any
                                      "save animations.")
                 _log.warning("MovieWriter %s unavailable; trying to use %s "
                              "instead.", writer, alt_writer)
-                if isinstance(alt_writer, str):
-                    alt_writer = writers[alt_writer]
+                alt_writer = writers[alt_writer]
                 writer = alt_writer(
                     fps, codec, bitrate,
                     extra_args=extra_args, metadata=metadata)
