remove cached trace._interpz from heatmaps/contour maps with gaps

src/traces/contourcarpet/calc.js

@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ function heatmappishCalc(gd, trace) {
     z = trace._z = clean2dArray(trace._z || trace.z, trace.transpose);
 
     trace._emptypoints = findEmpties(z);
-    trace._interpz = interp2d(z, trace._emptypoints, trace._interpz);
+    interp2d(z, trace._emptypoints);
 
     // create arrays of brick boundaries, to be used by autorange and heatmap.plot
     var xlen = maxRowLength(z),

src/traces/heatmap/calc.js

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ module.exports = function calc(gd, trace) {
 
         if(isContour || trace.connectgaps) {
             trace._emptypoints = findEmpties(z);
-            trace._interpz = interp2d(z, trace._emptypoints, trace._interpz);
+            interp2d(z, trace._emptypoints);
         }
     }
 

src/traces/heatmap/interp2d.js

@@ -10,34 +10,37 @@
 
 var Lib = require('../../lib');
 
-var INTERPTHRESHOLD = 1e-2,
-    NEIGHBORSHIFTS = [[-1, 0], [1, 0], [0, -1], [0, 1]];
+var INTERPTHRESHOLD = 1e-2;
+var NEIGHBORSHIFTS = [[-1, 0], [1, 0], [0, -1], [0, 1]];
 
 function correctionOvershoot(maxFractionalChange) {
     // start with less overshoot, until we know it's converging,
     // then ramp up the overshoot for faster convergence
     return 0.5 - 0.25 * Math.min(1, maxFractionalChange * 0.5);
 }
 
-module.exports = function interp2d(z, emptyPoints, savedInterpZ) {
-    // fill in any missing data in 2D array z using an iterative
-    // poisson equation solver with zero-derivative BC at edges
-    // amazingly, this just amounts to repeatedly averaging all the existing
-    // nearest neighbors (at least if we don't take x/y scaling into account)
-    var maxFractionalChange = 1,
-        i,
-        thisPt;
-
-    if(Array.isArray(savedInterpZ)) {
-        for(i = 0; i < emptyPoints.length; i++) {
-            thisPt = emptyPoints[i];
-            z[thisPt[0]][thisPt[1]] = savedInterpZ[thisPt[0]][thisPt[1]];
-        }
-    }
-    else {
-        // one pass to fill in a starting value for all the empties
-        iterateInterp2d(z, emptyPoints);
-    }
+/*
+ * interp2d: Fill in missing data from a 2D array using an iterative
+ *   poisson equation solver with zero-derivative BC at edges.
+ *   Amazingly, this just amounts to repeatedly averaging all the existing
+ *   nearest neighbors, at least if we don't take x/y scaling into account,
+ *   which is the right approach here where x and y may not even have the
+ *   same units.
+ *
+ * @param {array of arrays} z
+ *      The 2D array to fill in. Will be mutated here. Assumed to already be
+ *      cleaned, so all entries are numbers except gaps, which are `undefined`.
+ * @param {array of arrays} emptyPoints
+ *      Each entry [i, j, neighborCount] for empty points z[i][j] and the number
+ *      of neighbors that are *not* missing. Assumed to be sorted from most to
+ *      least neighbors, as produced by heatmap/find_empties.
+ */
+module.exports = function interp2d(z, emptyPoints) {
+    var maxFractionalChange = 1;
+    var i;
+
+    // one pass to fill in a starting value for all the empties
+    iterateInterp2d(z, emptyPoints);
 
     // we're don't need to iterate lone empties - remove them
     for(i = 0; i < emptyPoints.length; i++) {

test/jasmine/tests/contour_test.js

@@ -458,4 +458,46 @@ describe('contour plotting and editing', function() {
         .catch(fail)
         .then(done);
     });
+
+    it('can change z values with gaps', function(done) {
+        Plotly.newPlot(gd, [{
+            type: 'contour',
+            z: [[1, 2], [null, 4], [1, 2]]
+        }])
+        .then(function() {
+            expect(gd.calcdata[0][0].z).toEqual([[1, 2], [2, 4], [1, 2]]);
+            expect(gd.calcdata[0][0].zmask).toEqual([[1, 1], [0, 1], [1, 1]]);
+
+            return Plotly.react(gd, [{
+                type: 'contour',
+                z: [[6, 5], [8, 7], [null, 10]]
+            }]);
+        })
+        .then(function() {
+            expect(gd.calcdata[0][0].z).toEqual([[6, 5], [8, 7], [9, 10]]);
+            expect(gd.calcdata[0][0].zmask).toEqual([[1, 1], [1, 1], [0, 1]]);
+
+            return Plotly.react(gd, [{
+                type: 'contour',
+                z: [[1, 2], [null, 4], [1, 2]]
+            }]);
+        })
+        .then(function() {
+            expect(gd.calcdata[0][0].z).toEqual([[1, 2], [2, 4], [1, 2]]);
+            expect(gd.calcdata[0][0].zmask).toEqual([[1, 1], [0, 1], [1, 1]]);
+
+            return Plotly.react(gd, [{
+                type: 'contour',
+                // notice that this one is the same as the previous, except that
+                // a previously present value was removed...
+                z: [[1, 2], [null, 4], [1, null]]
+            }]);
+        })
+        .then(function() {
+            expect(gd.calcdata[0][0].z).toEqual([[1, 2], [2, 4], [1, 2.5]]);
+            expect(gd.calcdata[0][0].zmask).toEqual([[1, 1], [0, 1], [1, 0]]);
+        })
+        .catch(fail)
+        .then(done);
+    });
 });

test/jasmine/tests/heatmap_test.js

@@ -587,6 +587,35 @@ describe('heatmap plot', function() {
         .catch(failTest)
         .then(done);
     });
+
+    it('can change z values with connected gaps', function(done) {
+        var gd = createGraphDiv();
+        Plotly.newPlot(gd, [{
+            type: 'heatmap', connectgaps: true,
+            z: [[1, 2], [null, 4], [1, 2]]
+        }])
+        .then(function() {
+            expect(gd.calcdata[0][0].z).toEqual([[1, 2], [2, 4], [1, 2]]);
+
+            return Plotly.react(gd, [{
+                type: 'heatmap', connectgaps: true,
+                z: [[6, 5], [8, 7], [null, 10]]
+            }]);
+        })
+        .then(function() {
+            expect(gd.calcdata[0][0].z).toEqual([[6, 5], [8, 7], [9, 10]]);
+
+            return Plotly.react(gd, [{
+                type: 'heatmap', connectgaps: true,
+                z: [[1, 2], [null, 4], [1, 2]]
+            }]);
+        })
+        .then(function() {
+            expect(gd.calcdata[0][0].z).toEqual([[1, 2], [2, 4], [1, 2]]);
+        })
+        .catch(fail)
+        .then(done);
+    });
 });
 
 describe('heatmap hover', function() {