matplotlib/matplotlib — pull request #2333 by andreabedini (2013-08-23 00:44:10+00:00)
Title: Fix wrong syntax for assert

The assert statement doesn't take parentheses, see
http://docs.python.org/3.2/reference/simple_stmts.html#assert
http://docs.python.org/2/reference/simple_stmts.html#grammar-token-assert_stmt

I found this because python gave me the following
```SyntaxWarning: assertion is always true, perhaps remove parentheses?```