matplotlib · timhoffm · May 4, 2019 · Apr 18, 2019
diff --git a/doc/api/next_api_changes/2019-04-17-AL.rst b/doc/api/next_api_changes/2019-04-17-AL.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+Change in the application of ``Artist.sticky_edges``
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+
+Previously, the ``sticky_edges`` attribute of artists was a list of values such
+that if an axis limit coincides with a sticky edge, it would not be expanded by
+the axes margins (this is the mechanism that e.g. prevents margins from being
+added around images).
+
+``sticky_edges`` now have an additional effect on margins application: even if
+an axis limit did not coincide with a sticky edge, it cannot *cross* a sticky
+edge through margin application -- instead, the margins will only expand the
+axis limit until it bumps against the sticky edge.
+
+This change improves the margins of axes displaying a `~Axes.streamplot`:
+
+- if the streamplot goes all the way to the edges of the vector field, then the
+  axis limits are set to match exactly the vector field limits (whereas they
+  would be sometimes be off by a small floating point error previously).
+- if the streamplot does not reach the edges of the vector field (e.g., due to
+  the use of ``start_points`` and ``maxlength``), then margins expansion will
+  not cross the the vector field limits anymore.
+
+This change is also used internally to ensure that polar plots don't display
+negative *r* values unless the user really passes in a negative value.
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py
@@ -2402,14 +2402,14 @@ def autoscale_view(self, tight=None, scalex=True, scaley=True):
                 (self._xmargin and scalex and self._autoscaleXon) or
                 (self._ymargin and scaley and self._autoscaleYon)):
             stickies = [artist.sticky_edges for artist in self.get_children()]
-            x_stickies = np.array([x for sticky in stickies for x in sticky.x])
-            y_stickies = np.array([y for sticky in stickies for y in sticky.y])
-            if self.get_xscale().lower() == 'log':
-                x_stickies = x_stickies[x_stickies > 0]
-            if self.get_yscale().lower() == 'log':
-                y_stickies = y_stickies[y_stickies > 0]
         else:  # Small optimization.
-            x_stickies, y_stickies = [], []
+            stickies = []
+        x_stickies = np.sort([x for sticky in stickies for x in sticky.x])
+        y_stickies = np.sort([y for sticky in stickies for y in sticky.y])
+        if self.get_xscale().lower() == 'log':
+            x_stickies = x_stickies[x_stickies > 0]
+        if self.get_yscale().lower() == 'log':
+            y_stickies = y_stickies[y_stickies > 0]
 
         def handle_single_axis(scale, autoscaleon, shared_axes, interval,
                                minpos, axis, margin, stickies, set_bound):
@@ -2450,29 +2450,34 @@ def handle_single_axis(scale, autoscaleon, shared_axes, interval,
             locator = axis.get_major_locator()
             x0, x1 = locator.nonsingular(x0, x1)
 
+            # Prevent margin addition from crossing a sticky value.  Small
+            # tolerances (whose values come from isclose()) must be used due to
+            # floating point issues with streamplot.
+            def tol(x): return 1e-5 * abs(x) + 1e-8
+            # Index of largest element < x0 + tol, if any.
+            i0 = stickies.searchsorted(x0 + tol(x0)) - 1
+            x0bound = stickies[i0] if i0 != -1 else None
+            # Index of smallest element > x1 - tol, if any.
+            i1 = stickies.searchsorted(x1 - tol(x1))
+            x1bound = stickies[i1] if i1 != len(stickies) else None
+
             # Add the margin in figure space and then transform back, to handle
             # non-linear scales.
             minpos = getattr(bb, minpos)
             transform = axis.get_transform()
             inverse_trans = transform.inverted()
-            # We cannot use exact equality due to floating point issues e.g.
-            # with streamplot.
-            do_lower_margin = not np.any(np.isclose(x0, stickies))
-            do_upper_margin = not np.any(np.isclose(x1, stickies))
             x0, x1 = axis._scale.limit_range_for_scale(x0, x1, minpos)
             x0t, x1t = transform.transform([x0, x1])
-
-            if np.isfinite(x1t) and np.isfinite(x0t):
-                delta = (x1t - x0t) * margin
-            else:
-                # If at least one bound isn't finite, set margin to zero
-                delta = 0
-
-            if do_lower_margin:
-                x0t -= delta
-            if do_upper_margin:
-                x1t += delta
-            x0, x1 = inverse_trans.transform([x0t, x1t])
+            delta = (x1t - x0t) * margin
+            if not np.isfinite(delta):
+                delta = 0  # If a bound isn't finite, set margin to zero.
+            x0, x1 = inverse_trans.transform([x0t - delta, x1t + delta])
+
+            # Apply sticky bounds.
+            if x0bound is not None:
+                x0 = max(x0, x0bound)
+            if x1bound is not None:
+                x1 = min(x1, x1bound)
 
             if not self._tight:
                 x0, x1 = locator.view_limits(x0, x1)

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_axes.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_axes.py
@@ -797,6 +797,12 @@ def test_polar_rlim_bottom(fig_test, fig_ref):
     ax.set_rmin(.5)
 
 
+def test_polar_rlim_zero():
+    ax = plt.figure().add_subplot(projection='polar')
+    ax.plot(np.arange(10), np.arange(10) + .01)
+    assert ax.get_ylim()[0] == 0
+
+
 @image_comparison(baseline_images=['axvspan_epoch'])
 def test_axvspan_epoch():
     from datetime import datetime

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_streamplot.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_streamplot.py
@@ -55,9 +55,13 @@ def test_linewidth():
     X, Y, U, V = velocity_field()
     speed = np.hypot(U, V)
     lw = 5 * speed / speed.max()
-    df = 25 / 30   # Compatibility factor for old test image
-    plt.streamplot(X, Y, U, V, density=[0.5 * df, 1. * df], color='k',
-                   linewidth=lw)
+    # Compatibility for old test image
+    df = 25 / 30
+    ax = plt.figure().subplots()
+    ax.set(xlim=(-3.0, 2.9999999999999947),
+           ylim=(-3.0000000000000004, 2.9999999999999947))
+    ax.streamplot(X, Y, U, V, density=[0.5 * df, 1. * df], color='k',
+                  linewidth=lw)
 
 
 @image_comparison(baseline_images=['streamplot_masks_and_nans'],
@@ -69,16 +73,24 @@ def test_masks_and_nans():
     mask[40:60, 40:60] = 1
     U[:20, :20] = np.nan
     U = np.ma.array(U, mask=mask)
+    # Compatibility for old test image
+    ax = plt.figure().subplots()
+    ax.set(xlim=(-3.0, 2.9999999999999947),
+           ylim=(-3.0000000000000004, 2.9999999999999947))
     with np.errstate(invalid='ignore'):
-        plt.streamplot(X, Y, U, V, color=U, cmap=plt.cm.Blues)
+        ax.streamplot(X, Y, U, V, color=U, cmap=plt.cm.Blues)
 
 
 @image_comparison(baseline_images=['streamplot_maxlength'],
                   extensions=['png'], remove_text=True, style='mpl20')
 def test_maxlength():
     x, y, U, V = swirl_velocity_field()
-    plt.streamplot(x, y, U, V, maxlength=10., start_points=[[0., 1.5]],
-                   linewidth=2, density=2)
+    ax = plt.figure().subplots()
+    ax.streamplot(x, y, U, V, maxlength=10., start_points=[[0., 1.5]],
+                  linewidth=2, density=2)
+    assert ax.get_xlim()[-1] == ax.get_ylim()[-1] == 3
+    # Compatibility for old test image
+    ax.set(xlim=(None, 3.2555988021882305), ylim=(None, 3.078326760195413))
 
 
 @image_comparison(baseline_images=['streamplot_direction'],