Merge pull request #7783 from samsontmr/fix-#7487

dopplershift · web-flow · commit d7b75226c6e6 · 2017-01-11T12:41:48.000-07:00
Raise exception if negative height or width is passed to axes()
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py
@@ -483,6 +483,8 @@ def __init__(self, fig, rect,
             self._position = rect
         else:
             self._position = mtransforms.Bbox.from_bounds(*rect)
+        if self._position.width < 0 or self._position.height < 0:
+            raise ValueError('Width and height specified must be non-negative')
         self._originalPosition = self._position.frozen()
         # self.set_axes(self)
         self.axes = self
