FIX: if not going through hist merge logic don't discard bin_range

tacaswell · tacaswell · commit 56c353fec9d4 · 2019-03-18T22:41:51.000-04:00
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
@@ -6656,6 +6656,8 @@ def hist(self, x, bins=None, range=None, density=None, weights=None,
                     "sets and %d colors were provided" % (nx, len(color)))
                 raise ValueError(error_message)
 
+        hist_kwargs = dict()
+
         # If bins are not specified either explicitly or via range,
         # we need to figure out the range required for all datasets,
         # and supply that to np.histogram.
@@ -6666,12 +6668,12 @@ def hist(self, x, bins=None, range=None, density=None, weights=None,
                 _w = None
             bins = histogram_bin_edges(np.concatenate(x),
                                        bins, bin_range, _w)
+        else:
+            hist_kwargs['range'] = bin_range
 
         density = bool(density) or bool(normed)
         if density and not stacked:
             hist_kwargs = dict(density=density)
-        else:
-            hist_kwargs = dict()
 
         # List to store all the top coordinates of the histograms
         tops = []
