@@ -665,6 +665,8 @@ def __init__(self, fig,
665665self .set_box_aspect (box_aspect )
666666self ._axes_locator = None # Optionally set via update(kwargs).
667667
668+ self ._children = []
669+
668670# placeholder for any colorbars added that use this Axes.
669671# (see colorbar.py):
670672self ._colorbars = []
@@ -1078,7 +1080,7 @@ def _update_transScale(self):
10781080self .transScale .set (
10791081mtransforms .blended_transform_factory (
10801082self .xaxis .get_transform (),self .yaxis .get_transform ()))
1081- for line in getattr ( self , " _children" , []): # Not set during init.
1083+ for line in self . _children :
10821084if not isinstance (line ,mlines .Line2D ):
10831085continue
10841086try :
@@ -2936,22 +2938,15 @@ def autoscale_view(self, tight=None, scalex=True, scaley=True):
29362938
29372939x_stickies = y_stickies = np .array ([])
29382940if self .use_sticky_edges :
2939- # Only iterate over Axes and artists if needed. The check for
2940- # ``hasattr(ax, "_children")`` is necessary because this can be
2941- # called very early in the Axes init process (e.g., for twin Axes)
2942- # when these attributes don't even exist yet, in which case
2943- # `get_children` would raise an AttributeError.
29442941if self ._xmargin and scalex and self .get_autoscalex_on ():
29452942x_stickies = np .sort (np .concatenate ([
29462943artist .sticky_edges .x
29472944for ax in self ._shared_axes ["x" ].get_siblings (self )
2948- if hasattr (ax ,"_children" )
29492945for artist in ax .get_children ()]))
29502946if self ._ymargin and scaley and self .get_autoscaley_on ():
29512947y_stickies = np .sort (np .concatenate ([
29522948artist .sticky_edges .y
29532949for ax in self ._shared_axes ["y" ].get_siblings (self )
2954- if hasattr (ax ,"_children" )
29552950for artist in ax .get_children ()]))
29562951if self .get_xscale ()== 'log' :
29572952x_stickies = x_stickies [x_stickies > 0 ]