Backport PR #16235: FIX: AttributeError in TimerBase.start

tacaswell · meeseeksmachine · commit f32f433676e7 · 2020-01-15T23:57:25.000Z
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backend_bases.py b/lib/matplotlib/backend_bases.py
@@ -1110,7 +1110,7 @@ def start(self, interval=None):
             if provided.
         """
         if interval is not None:
-            self._set_interval(interval)
+            self.interval = interval
         self._timer_start()
 
     def stop(self):
