Merge pull request #8468 from anntzer/clarify-image-set_data-norm

tacaswell · tacaswell · commit 6e087ea4524b · 2017-04-13T19:54:02.000-04:00
DOC: Clarify that Image.set_data doesn't update normalization.
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/image.py b/lib/matplotlib/image.py
@@ -579,9 +579,11 @@ def write_png(self, fname):
 
     def set_data(self, A):
         """
-        Set the image array
+        Set the image array.
 
         ACCEPTS: numpy/PIL Image A
+
+        Note that this function does *not* update the normalization used.
         """
         # check if data is PIL Image without importing Image
         if hasattr(A, 'getpixel'):
