Re: [Matplotlib-users] cmap.set_bad() not showing any effect with pcolor()

[Eric F. <ef...@ha...>]

On 02/10/2012 07:23 AM, Andreas H. wrote:
> Thanks Jeff!
>
> I really should have looked at the docs more carefully.
>
>>> I suppose pcolor could be modified to fill the masked polygons with the
>>> color indicated by cmap.set_bad - I think that's what most people would
>>> expect.
>
> Yes, I definitely second this. It would produce more expected results.

I agree.  I think the reason it doesn't at present is that support for 
bad values and out-of-range values in color maps was added after the 
masked-array support was added to pcolor.

Ben is correct, though, that this change in long-standing behavior could 
break existing user code.

Eric

>
> Cheers,
> Andreas.