MAINT Use attribute access so errors are caught

ksunden · ksunden · commit 73c22bc7e5ec · 2018-10-10T12:03:27.000-05:00
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/colors.py b/lib/matplotlib/colors.py
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ def _sanitize_extrema(ex):
     if ex is None:
         return ex
     try:
-        ret = np.ndarray.item(ex)
+        ret = ex.item()
     except AttributeError:
         ret = float(ex)
     return ret
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/image.py b/lib/matplotlib/image.py
@@ -412,8 +412,8 @@ def _make_image(self, A, in_bbox, out_bbox, clip_bbox, magnification=1.0,
                 A_scaled -= a_min
                 # a_min and a_max might be ndarray subclasses so use
                 # item to avoid errors
-                a_min = np.ndarray.item(a_min.astype(scaled_dtype))
-                a_max = np.ndarray.item(a_max.astype(scaled_dtype))
+                a_min = a_min.astype(scaled_dtype).item()
+                a_max = a_max.astype(scaled_dtype).item()
 
                 if a_min != a_max:
                     A_scaled /= ((a_max - a_min) / 0.8)
