add bool support for axis() #12311

abhinuvpitale · web-flow · commit e7438c3c4098 · 2018-10-01T10:22:04.000-07:00
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py
@@ -1706,6 +1706,12 @@ def axis(self, *v, **kwargs):
             return xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax
 
         v = v[0]
+        if isinstance(v, bool):
+            if v:
+                self.set_axis_on()
+            else:
+                self.set_axis_off()
+        
         if len(v) != 4:
             raise ValueError('v must contain [xmin xmax ymin ymax]')
 
