From 083fe899050d6ee77cb8b7812685cd059e17b042 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Moelf <proton@jling.dev>
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2020 00:53:12 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] alternative approach

---
 src/args.jl | 12 ++++++++----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/args.jl b/src/args.jl
index e0f4b066..9ff0ab69 100644
--- a/src/args.jl
+++ b/src/args.jl
@@ -1489,10 +1489,6 @@ function _update_axis(axis::Axis, plotattributes_in::AKW, letter::Symbol, subplo
         # then get those args that were passed with a leading letter: `xlabel = "X"`
         lk = Symbol(letter, k)
         if haskey(plotattributes_in, lk)
-            # warn against using range in x,y,z lims
-            if k==:lims && plotattributes_in[lk] isa AbstractRange
-                @warn("$lk should be a Tuple")
-            end
             kw[k] = slice_arg(plotattributes_in[lk], subplot_index)
         end
     end
@@ -1539,8 +1535,16 @@ function _update_subplot_args(plt::Plot, sp::Subplot, plotattributes_in, subplot
     _update_subplot_periphery(sp, anns)
     _update_subplot_colors(sp)
 
+    lims_warned = false
     for letter in (:x, :y, :z)
         _update_axis(plt, sp, plotattributes_in, letter, subplot_index)
+        lk = Symbol(letter, :lims)
+
+        # warn against using `Range` in x,y,z lims
+        if !lims_warned && haskey(plotattributes_in, lk) && plotattributes_in[lk] isa AbstractRange
+            @warn("lims should be a Tuple, not $(typeof(plotattributes_in[lk])).")
+            lims_warned = true
+        end
     end
 end