matplotlib/matplotlib — pull request #1159 by NelleV (2012-08-28 15:53:11+00:00)
Title: FIX assert_raises cannot be called with ``with\\

with assert_raises(ValueError):
something

does not work with nose 1.1.2 (raises a TypeError: TypeError: failUnlessRaises() takes at least 3 arguments (2 given))

This PR fixes some of the remaining failing tests on my machine (I still have some, but they seem more tricky to fix)