René's URL Explorer Experiment

{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"yscale('log') broken for histogram","articleBody":"\u003c!--To help us understand and resolve your issue, please fill out the form to the best of your ability.--\u003e\r\n\u003c!--You can feel free to delete the sections that do not apply.--\u003e\r\n\r\n### Bug report\r\n\r\n**Bug summary**\r\n\r\n\u003c!--A short 1-2 sentences that succinctly describes the bug--\u003e\r\nSetting the yscale to log in histogram results in empty plot\r\n\r\n**Code for reproduction**\r\n\r\n\u003c!--A minimum code snippet required to reproduce the bug, also minimizing the number of dependencies required--\u003e\r\n\r\n```python\r\nimport numpy as np\r\nimport matplotlib as mpl\r\nimport matplotlib.pyplot as plt\r\n\r\nplt.figure()\r\nplt.hist(np.random.normal(size=1000))\r\nplt.yscale('log')\r\nplt.show()\r\n```\r\n\r\n**Actual outcome**\r\n![test](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1891079/30950069-2b114310-a3cf-11e7-827e-164b0e827a83.png)\r\n\r\n\u003c!--The output produced by the above code, which may be a screenshot, console output, etc.--\u003e\r\n\r\n**Expected outcome**\r\n![test](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1891079/30950103-776dcc10-a3cf-11e7-9363-365ca1ab9744.png)\r\n\r\n\u003c!--A description of the expected outcome from the code snippet--\u003e\r\n\u003c!--If this used to work in an earlier version of Matplotlib, please note the version it used to work on--\u003e\r\n\r\n**Matplotlib version**\r\n\u003c!--Please specify your platform and versions of the relevant libraries you are using:--\u003e\r\n  * Operating System: Archlinux\r\n  * Matplotlib Version: 2.1.0rc1+49.g20aff4baa\r\n  * Python Version: 3.6\r\n  * Jupyter Version (if applicable): notebook 5.1\r\n  * Other Libraries: \r\n\r\n\u003c!--Please tell us how you installed matplotlib and python e.g., from source, pip, conda--\u003e\r\n\u003c!--If you installed from conda, please specify which channel you used if not the default--\u003e","author":{"url":"https://github.com/weninc","@type":"Person","name":"weninc"},"datePublished":"2017-09-28T05:03:22.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":4},"url":"https://github.com/9247/matplotlib/issues/9247"}