Added underscore to setParam()'s modification of _base in MultipleLocator and IndexLocator

leeonadoh · leeonadoh · commit 49cdbf2a857a · 2015-03-03T14:14:16.000-05:00
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_ticker.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_ticker.py
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ def test_MultipleLocator_set_params():
     """
     mult = mticker.MultipleLocator(base=0.7)
     mult.set_params(base=1.7)
-    nose.tools.assert_equal(mult.base, 1.7)
+    nose.tools.assert_equal(mult._base, 1.7)
 
 
 def test_FixedLocator_set_params():
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ def test_IndexLocator_set_params():
     """
     index = mticker.IndexLocator(base=3, offset=4)
     index.set_params(base=7, offset=7)
-    nose.tools.assert_equal(index.base, 7)
+    nose.tools.assert_equal(index._base, 7)
     nose.tools.assert_equal(index.offset, 7)
 
 
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/ticker.py b/lib/matplotlib/ticker.py
@@ -1038,7 +1038,7 @@ def __init__(self, base, offset):
     def set_params(self, base=None, offset=None):
         """Set parameters within this locator"""
         if base is not None:
-            self.base = base
+            self._base = base
         if offset is not None:
             self.offset = offset
 
@@ -1250,7 +1250,7 @@ def __init__(self, base=1.0):
     def set_params(self, base):
         """Set parameters within this locator."""
         if base is not None:
-            self.base = base
+            self._base = base
 
     def __call__(self):
         'Return the locations of the ticks'
