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@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+Locators
+~~~~~~~~
+The unused ``Locator.autoscale`` method has been removed (pass the axis limits
+to `.Locator.view_limits` instead). Any derived methods are also removed:
+
+* ``Locator.autoscale``
+* ``AutoDateLocator.autoscale``
+* ``RRuleLocator.autoscale``
+* ``RadialLocator.autoscale``
+* ``ThetaLocator.autoscale``
+* ``YearLocator.autoscale``
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ Deprecation of the constructor means that classes inheriting from
 
 Locators
 ~~~~~~~~
-The unused `.Locator.autoscale` method is deprecated (pass the axis limits to
+The unused ``Locator.autoscale`` method is deprecated (pass the axis limits to
 `.Locator.view_limits` instead).
 
 Animation
 
@@ -1194,42 +1194,6 @@ def get_unit_generic(freq):
     def _get_interval(self):
         return self.rule._rrule._interval
 
-    @cbook.deprecated("3.2")
-    def autoscale(self):
-        """
-        Set the view limits to include the data range.
-        """
-        dmin, dmax = self.datalim_to_dt()
-        delta = relativedelta(dmax, dmin)
-
-        # We need to cap at the endpoints of valid datetime
-        try:
-            start = dmin - delta
-        except ValueError:
-            start = _from_ordinalf(1.0)
-
-        try:
-            stop = dmax + delta
-        except ValueError:
-            # The magic number!
-            stop = _from_ordinalf(3652059.9999999)
-
-        self.rule.set(dtstart=start, until=stop)
-        dmin, dmax = self.datalim_to_dt()
-
-        vmin = self.rule.before(dmin, True)
-        if not vmin:
-            vmin = dmin
-
-        vmax = self.rule.after(dmax, True)
-        if not vmax:
-            vmax = dmax
-
-        vmin = date2num(vmin)
-        vmax = date2num(vmax)
-
-        return self.nonsingular(vmin, vmax)
-
 
 class AutoDateLocator(DateLocator):
     """
@@ -1363,12 +1327,6 @@ def _get_unit(self):
         else:
             return RRuleLocator.get_unit_generic(self._freq)
 
-    @cbook.deprecated("3.2")
-    def autoscale(self):
-        """Try to choose the view limits intelligently."""
-        dmin, dmax = self.datalim_to_dt()
-        return self.get_locator(dmin, dmax).autoscale()
-
     def get_locator(self, dmin, dmax):
         """Pick the best locator based on a distance."""
         delta = relativedelta(dmax, dmin)
@@ -1538,24 +1496,6 @@ def tick_values(self, vmin, vmax):
 
             ticks.append(dt)
 
-    @cbook.deprecated("3.2")
-    def autoscale(self):
-        """
-        Set the view limits to include the data range.
-        """
-        dmin, dmax = self.datalim_to_dt()
-
-        ymin = self.base.le(dmin.year)
-        ymax = self.base.ge(dmax.year)
-        vmin = dmin.replace(year=ymin, **self.replaced)
-        vmin = vmin.astimezone(self.tz)
-        vmax = dmax.replace(year=ymax, **self.replaced)
-        vmax = vmax.astimezone(self.tz)
-
-        vmin = date2num(vmin)
-        vmax = date2num(vmax)
-        return self.nonsingular(vmin, vmax)
-
 
 class MonthLocator(RRuleLocator):
     """
 
@@ -245,10 +245,6 @@ def __call__(self):
         else:
             return np.deg2rad(self.base())
 
-    @cbook.deprecated("3.2")
-    def autoscale(self):
-        return self.base.autoscale()
-
     @cbook.deprecated("3.3")
     def pan(self, numsteps):
         return self.base.pan(numsteps)
@@ -431,10 +427,6 @@ def __call__(self):
         else:
             return [tick for tick in self.base() if tick > rorigin]
 
-    @cbook.deprecated("3.2")
-    def autoscale(self):
-        return self.base.autoscale()
-
     @cbook.deprecated("3.3")
     def pan(self, numsteps):
         return self.base.pan(numsteps)
 
@@ -1753,11 +1753,6 @@ def view_limits(self, vmin, vmax):
         """
         return mtransforms.nonsingular(vmin, vmax)
 
-    @cbook.deprecated("3.2")
-    def autoscale(self):
-        """Autoscale the view limits."""
-        return self.view_limits(*self.axis.get_view_interval())
-
     @cbook.deprecated("3.3")
     def pan(self, numsteps):
         """Pan numticks (can be positive or negative)"""