added TypeError exception handling to setting x/ylim

jrmlhermitte · Julien L · commit 917de33fa92a · 2017-04-14T13:52:28.000-04:00
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py
@@ -997,7 +997,10 @@ def cla(self):
             self.xaxis.set_minor_locator(minl)
         else:
             self.xaxis._set_scale('linear')
-            self.set_xlim(0, 1)
+            try:
+                self.set_xlim(0, 1)
+            except TypeError:
+                pass
 
         if self._sharey is not None:
             self.yaxis.major = self._sharey.yaxis.major
@@ -1021,7 +1024,10 @@ def cla(self):
             self.yaxis.set_minor_locator(minl)
         else:
             self.yaxis._set_scale('linear')
-            self.set_ylim(0, 1)
+            try:
+                self.set_ylim(0, 1)
+            except TypeError:
+                pass
 
         # update the minor locator for x and y axis based on rcParams
         if (rcParams['xtick.minor.visible']):
