horizontal histogramm doesn't work in 1.2 branch

[mdboom]

x = np.random.rand(100)
plt.hist(x, orientation='horizontal')
plt.show()

gives the following error on the 1.2 branch

plt.hist(x, orientation='horizontal')
File "/space/python_packages/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/pyplot.py", line 2672, in hist
stacked=stacked, **kwargs)
File "/space/python_packages/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/axes.py", line 8180, in hist
color=c, bottom=bottom)
TypeError: barh() got multiple values for keyword argument 'bottom'

[tacaswell]

I can also confirm this on the current master.

[mdboom]

I have a patch I'll post here shortly.

[tacaswell]

Good to know, I'll stop trying to fix this as well.

[mdboom]

I've added a fix and a unit test. @cweninger: can you confirm this fixes your issue?

[weninc]

yes everything works now. Thanks for the quick fix