BUG: test_boxplot failure

[dsm054]

test_graphics.py seems to be failing for me:

test_boxplot (__main__.TestDataFramePlots) ... > /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pandas-0.13.1_436_g4216178-py2.7-linux-i686.egg/pandas/core/internals.py(64)__init__()
-> '%d' % (len(values), len(items)))
(Pdb) bt
  /usr/lib/python2.7/unittest/case.py(331)run()
-> testMethod()
  /home/dsm/sys/pandas/pandas/tests/test_graphics.py(633)test_boxplot()
-> _check_plot_works(df.boxplot, column=['one', 'two'], by='indic')
  /home/dsm/sys/pandas/pandas/tests/test_graphics.py(1226)_check_plot_works()
-> ret = f(*args, **kwargs)
  /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pandas-0.13.1_436_g4216178-py2.7-linux-i686.egg/pandas/core/frame.py(4865)boxplot()
-> fontsize=fontsize, grid=grid, rot=rot, **kwds)
  /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pandas-0.13.1_436_g4216178-py2.7-linux-i686.egg/pandas/tools/plotting.py(1995)boxplot()
-> ax=ax)
  /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pandas-0.13.1_436_g4216178-py2.7-linux-i686.egg/pandas/tools/plotting.py(2409)_grouped_plot_by_column()
-> plotf(gp_col, ax, **kwargs)
  /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pandas-0.13.1_436_g4216178-py2.7-linux-i686.egg/pandas/tools/plotting.py(1973)plot_group()
-> bp = ax.boxplot(values, **kwds)
  /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/matplotlib-1.4.x-py2.7-linux-i686.egg/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py(3003)boxplot()
-> labels=labels)
  /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/matplotlib-1.4.x-py2.7-linux-i686.egg/matplotlib/cbook.py(2029)boxplot_stats()
-> np.compress(x < stats['whislo'], x),
  /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/numpy/core/fromnumeric.py(1560)compress()
-> return _wrapit(a, 'compress', condition, axis, out)
  /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/numpy/core/fromnumeric.py(47)_wrapit()
-> result = wrap(result)
  /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pandas-0.13.1_436_g4216178-py2.7-linux-i686.egg/pandas/core/series.py(374)__array_wrap__()
-> copy=False).__finalize__(self)
  /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pandas-0.13.1_436_g4216178-py2.7-linux-i686.egg/pandas/core/series.py(232)__init__()
-> data = SingleBlockManager(data, index, fastpath=True)
  /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pandas-0.13.1_436_g4216178-py2.7-linux-i686.egg/pandas/core/internals.py(3670)__init__()
-> block = make_block(block, axis, axis, ndim=1, fastpath=True)
  /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pandas-0.13.1_436_g4216178-py2.7-linux-i686.egg/pandas/core/internals.py(2058)make_block()
-> placement=placement)
> /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pandas-0.13.1_436_g4216178-py2.7-linux-i686.egg/pandas/core/internals.py(64)__init__()
-> '%d' % (len(values), len(items)))
(Pdb) print values
[]
(Pdb) print items
Index([u'b', u'd', u'f'], dtype='object')
(Pdb) print ref_items
Index([u'b', u'd', u'f'], dtype='object')
(Pdb) print ndim
1
(Pdb) print fastpath
True
(Pdb) print placement
None

Standard TMI dump:

>>> pd.show_versions()

INSTALLED VERSIONS
------------------
commit: None
python: 2.7.5.final.0
python-bits: 32
OS: Linux
OS-release: 3.11.0-18-generic
machine: i686
processor: i686
byteorder: little
LC_ALL: None
LANG: en_CA.UTF-8

pandas: 0.13.1-436-g4216178
Cython: 0.20.1
numpy: 1.9.0.dev-e792e15
scipy: 0.15.0.dev-4aa534f
statsmodels: 0.6.0.dev-f3f5467
IPython: 1.2.1
sphinx: 1.2.2
patsy: 0.2.1
scikits.timeseries: None
dateutil: 2.2
pytz: 2014.1
bottleneck: 0.8.0
tables: None
numexpr: 2.3.1
matplotlib: 1.4.x
openpyxl: 1.8.4
xlrd: 0.9.2
xlwt: 0.7.5
xlsxwriter: None
lxml: 3.3.3
bs4: 4.3.2
html5lib: 1.0b3
bq: None
apiclient: 1.2
rpy2: None
sqlalchemy: 0.9.3
pymysql: None
psycopg2: None

[jreback]

problem in np.compress. odd that this didn't surface until now, but guess its not used anywhere. can you confirm?

[jreback]

fyi, this only happens with matplotlib 1.4.x! (we don't currently test with this).

[dsm054]

Stack trunk for the win. It's an early warning system. :^)

I can confirm that #6659 fixes this for me.

[jreback]

gr8! thanks