setting yscale to log, after drawing a plot with values equal to zero, results in incorrect handling of zero values #8045

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mpl 1.5.3 and 2.0, py3.6

_xs = np.linspace(-50, 50, 1001); plt.semilogy(scipy.stats.norm.pdf(_xs))

results in

where zero values (due to floating point resolution limits, at the edges) get ignored, as expected, but

_xs = np.linspace(-50, 50, 1001); plt.plot(scipy.stats.norm.pdf(_xs))plt.gcf().canvas.draw()plt.gca().set(yscale="log")

results in the incorrect

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