Merge pull request #9427 from cgohlke/patch-6

anntzer · web-flow · commit d3555cb576f1 · 2017-10-16T00:55:31.000-07:00
Fix NameError: name 'exc' is not defined
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backend_bases.py b/lib/matplotlib/backend_bases.py
@@ -2606,7 +2606,7 @@ def _get_uniform_gridstate(ticks):
         elif scalex == 'linear':
             try:
                 ax.set_xscale('log')
-            except ValueError:
+            except ValueError as exc:
                 warnings.warn(str(exc))
                 ax.set_xscale('linear')
             ax.figure.canvas.draw_idle()
