Merge pull request #16237 from meeseeksmachine/auto-backport-of-pr-16235-on-v3.1.x

Kojoley · web-flow · commit d10aacf6e0ea · 2020-01-16T15:46:27.000+03:00
Backport PR #16235 on branch v3.1.x (FIX: AttributeError in TimerBase.start)
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backend_bases.py b/lib/matplotlib/backend_bases.py
@@ -1110,7 +1110,7 @@ def start(self, interval=None):
             if provided.
         """
         if interval is not None:
-            self._set_interval(interval)
+            self.interval = interval
         self._timer_start()
 
     def stop(self):
