In text, warn and return instead of raise exception for non-finite x, y

jklymak · jklymak · commit b6950df17d35 · 2017-10-06T13:08:13.000-07:00
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/text.py b/lib/matplotlib/text.py
@@ -759,9 +759,12 @@ def draw(self, renderer):
             # position in Text, and dash position in TextWithDash:
             posx = float(textobj.convert_xunits(textobj._x))
             posy = float(textobj.convert_yunits(textobj._y))
-            if not np.isfinite(posx) or not np.isfinite(posy):
-                raise ValueError("posx and posy should be finite values")
             posx, posy = trans.transform_point((posx, posy))
+            if not np.isfinite(posx) or not np.isfinite(posy):
+                warnst = "x and y are not finite values for text "
+                warnst += "string '%s'.  Not rendering text."
+                warnings.warn(warnst%self.get_text())
+                return
             canvasw, canvash = renderer.get_canvas_width_height()
 
             # draw the FancyBboxPatch
