nt specifics

tfields/core.py

@@ -353,8 +353,11 @@ class AbstractNdarray(np.ndarray):
             sub_dict = list_dict[key]
             list_dict[key] = []
             for index in sorted(sub_dict.keys()):
-                bulk_type = sub_dict[index].get('bulk_type')
-                bulk_type = getattr(tfields, bulk_type.tolist())
+                bulk_type = sub_dict[index].get('bulk_type').tolist()
+                if isinstance(bulk_type, bytes):
+                    # asthonishingly, this is not necessary under linux. Found under nt. ???
+                    bulk_type = bulk_type.decode('UTF-8')
+                bulk_type = getattr(tfields, bulk_type)
                 list_dict[key].append(bulk_type._from_dict(**sub_dict[index]))
 
         '''

tfields/plotting/mpl.py

@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ def to_colors(scalars, cmap=None, vmin=None, vmax=None):
         vmax = max(scalars)
     color_map = plt.get_cmap(cmap)
     norm = mpl.colors.Normalize(vmin=vmin, vmax=vmax)
-    return color_map(map(norm, scalars))
+    return color_map([norm(s) for s in scalars])
 
 
 def to_scalars(colors, cmap, vmin, vmax):
@@ -495,9 +495,9 @@ def color_cycle(cmap=None, n=None):
     """
     if cmap:
         color_rgb = to_colors(np.linspace(0, 1, n), cmap=cmap, vmin=0, vmax=1)
-        colors = map(lambda rgb: '#%02x%02x%02x' % (rgb[0] * 255,
-                                                    rgb[1] * 255,
-                                                    rgb[2] * 255),
+        colors = map(lambda rgb: '#%02x%02x%02x' % (int(rgb[0] * 255),
+                                                    int(rgb[1] * 255),
+                                                    int(rgb[2] * 255)),
                      tuple(color_rgb[:, 0:-1]))
     else:
         colors = list([color['color'] for color in mpl.rcParams['axes.prop_cycle']])