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Clarify gridspec error message for non-integer inputs.#17715

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This patch avoids nonsensical error messages such as
"Number of rows must be > 0, not 4.0".

Milestoning as 3.3 as relatively benign but nice to have, but not critical either.

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  • Has Pytest style unit tests
  • Code is Flake 8 compliant
  • New features are documented, with examples if plot related
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  • Added an entry to doc/users/next_whats_new/ if major new feature (follow instructions in README.rst there)
  • Documented in doc/api/api_changes.rst if API changed in a backward-incompatible way

This patch avoids nonsensical error messages such as
"Number of rows must be > 0, not 4.0".
@anntzer anntzer added the API: argument checking Validation of acceptable argument values label Jun 22, 2020
@anntzer anntzer added this to the v3.3.0 milestone Jun 22, 2020
@tacaswell tacaswell merged commit 18c16a0 into matplotlib:master Jun 22, 2020
meeseeksmachine pushed a commit to meeseeksmachine/matplotlib that referenced this pull request Jun 22, 2020
@anntzer anntzer deleted the gserr branch June 22, 2020 15:34
tacaswell added a commit that referenced this pull request Jun 22, 2020
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Backport PR #17715 on branch v3.3.x (Clarify gridspec error message for non-integer inputs.)
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