scatter: Raise if unexpected type of s argument.

QuLogic · QuLogic · commit bda576658bab · 2020-07-23T17:35:04.000-04:00
Fixes #5970.
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
@@ -4447,8 +4447,12 @@ def scatter(self, x, y, s=None, c=None, marker=None, cmap=None, norm=None,
             s = (20 if rcParams['_internal.classic_mode'] else
                  rcParams['lines.markersize'] ** 2.0)
         s = np.ma.ravel(s)
-        if len(s) not in (1, x.size):
-            raise ValueError("s must be a scalar, or the same size as x and y")
+        if (len(s) not in (1, x.size) or
+                (not np.issubdtype(s.dtype, np.floating) and
+                 not np.issubdtype(s.dtype, np.integer))):
+            raise ValueError(
+                "s must be a scalar, "
+                "or float array-like with the same size as x and y")
 
         c, colors, edgecolors = \
             self._parse_scatter_color_args(
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_axes.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_axes.py
@@ -1909,10 +1909,12 @@ def test_scatter_unfilled(self):
 
     def test_scatter_size_arg_size(self):
         x = np.arange(4)
-        with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError, match='same size as x and y'):
             plt.scatter(x, x, x[1:])
-        with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError, match='same size as x and y'):
             plt.scatter(x[1:], x[1:], x)
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError, match='float array-like'):
+            plt.scatter(x, x, 'foo')
 
     @check_figures_equal(extensions=["png"])
     def test_scatter_invalid_color(self, fig_test, fig_ref):
