BUG: Allowing unknown drawstyles. Fixes matplotlib#6143.

Added a check that forbids `drawstyle` keywords that are not listed in the documentation.
madphysicist · Mar 11, 2016 · 79e09c0 · 79e09c0
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diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/lines.py b/lib/matplotlib/lines.py
@@ -985,6 +985,8 @@ def set_drawstyle(self, drawstyle):
         ACCEPTS: ['default' | 'steps' | 'steps-pre' | 'steps-mid' |
                   'steps-post']
         """
+        if drawstyle not in self.drawStyles:
+            raise ValueError(' '.join(('Unrecognized drawstyle',) + self.drawStyleKeys))
         if self._drawstyle != drawstyle:
             self.stale = True
         self._drawstyle = drawstyle