Draw horizontal and vertical slices through histogram

def draw_slices(hist, func=np.sum, **kwargs):
    """ Draw horizontal and vertical slices through histogram """
    from mpl_toolkits.axes_grid1 import make_axes_locatable
    kwargs.setdefault('ls','-')
    ax = plt.gca()

    data = hist

    # Slices
    vslice = func(data,axis=0)
    hslice = func(data,axis=1)

    npix = np.array(data.shape)
    #xlim,ylim = plt.array(zip([0,0],npix-1))
    xlim = ax.get_xlim()
    ylim = ax.get_ylim()
    #extent = ax.get_extent()
    #xlim =extent[:2]
    #ylim = extent[2:]

    # Bin centers
    xbin = np.linspace(xlim[0],xlim[1],len(vslice))#+0.5 
    ybin = np.linspace(ylim[0],ylim[1],len(hslice))#+0.5
    divider = make_axes_locatable(ax)
    
    #gh2 = pywcsgrid2.GridHelperSimple(wcs=self.header, axis_nums=[2, 1])
    hax = divider.append_axes("right", size=1.2, pad=0.05,sharey=ax,
                              axes_class=axes_divider.LocatableAxes)
    hax.axis["left"].toggle(label=False, ticklabels=False)
    #hax.plot(hslice, plt.arange(*ylim)+0.5,'-') # Bin center
    hax.plot(hslice, ybin, **kwargs) # Bin center
    hax.xaxis.set_major_locator(MaxNLocator(4,prune='both'))
    hax.set_ylim(*ylim)

    #gh1 = pywcsgrid2.GridHelperSimple(wcs=self.header, axis_nums=[0, 2])
    vax = divider.append_axes("top", size=1.2, pad=0.05, sharex=ax,
                              axes_class=axes_divider.LocatableAxes)
    vax.axis["bottom"].toggle(label=False, ticklabels=False)
    vax.plot(xbin, vslice, **kwargs) 
    vax.yaxis.set_major_locator(MaxNLocator(4,prune='lower'))
    vax.set_xlim(*xlim)

    return vax,hax