Merge pull request matplotlib#15682 from anntzer/hbe

Make histogram_bin_edges private.

Author: jklymak

lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py

@@ -36,10 +36,11 @@
 from matplotlib.container import BarContainer, ErrorbarContainer, StemContainer
 
 try:
-    from numpy.lib.histograms import histogram_bin_edges
+    from numpy.lib.histograms import (
+        histogram_bin_edges as _histogram_bin_edges)
 except ImportError:
     # this function is new in np 1.15
-    def histogram_bin_edges(arr, bins, range=None, weights=None):
+    def _histogram_bin_edges(arr, bins, range=None, weights=None):
         # this in True for 1D arrays, and False for None and str
         if np.ndim(bins) == 1:
             return bins
@@ -6698,8 +6699,7 @@ def hist(self, x, bins=None, range=None, density=False, weights=None,
             else:
                 _w = None
 
-            bins = histogram_bin_edges(np.concatenate(x),
-                                       bins, bin_range, _w)
+            bins = _histogram_bin_edges(np.concatenate(x), bins, bin_range, _w)
         else:
             hist_kwargs['range'] = bin_range