FIX: better error message for shared axes and axis('equal') - #21318
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| raise RuntimeError("'equal' is not allowed on shared " | ||
| "axes, try 'scaled' instead.") |
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Is the original exception important here, or should we do from None here?
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Is it a RunTimeError that we want to re-raise here, or should we change it to ValueError instead since you are saying that value isn't allowed?
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As above, I'm not sure I can even trigger this so lets try removing...
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We only want to catch the above exception, right? Technically, we should make sure not to catch other RuntimeErrors here, either by inspecting the message or by using a custom exception above.
But I'm not sure if we have to be that pedantic. Catching the wrong exception does not change control flow, it could only issue a non-instructive error message.
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OK, looking back at it now, I'm not sure what this is supposed to catch. set_aspect does not call apply_aspect, and apply_aspect is only called at draw time so far as I can tell. I couldn't figure out a test for this, so lets see if anything fails just removing it again.
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Confirmed, this doesn't fail any tests - so I'm not even sure this was reachable. Sorry I don't remember what prompted this int he first place!
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PR Summary
Closes #11416
The error message was pretty mysterious if you called
ax.axis('equal')on a shared axes...Not clear that the functionality users are trying to get from this could not be provided, but at least clarifying the error message will help...
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