From 783914c7fe462264db9a07657679aab796cdc393 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tyler Goodlet <jgbt@protonmail.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2022 10:41:21 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Better comment, use -inf as startup min

---
 piker/ui/_compression.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/piker/ui/_compression.py b/piker/ui/_compression.py
index 41dcf454..c66b3e58 100644
--- a/piker/ui/_compression.py
+++ b/piker/ui/_compression.py
@@ -314,7 +314,8 @@ def _m4(
     # set all y-values to the first value passed in.
     y_out[bincount] = ys[0]
 
-    mx: float = 0
+    # full input y-data mx and mn
+    mx: float = -np.inf
     mn: float = np.inf
 
     # compute OHLC style max / min values per window sized x-frame.