matplotlib · efiring · Mar 4, 2018 · Feb 26, 2018 · Mar 4, 2018
diff --git a/doc/api/axes_api.rst b/doc/api/axes_api.rst
@@ -509,8 +509,6 @@ Interactive
    Axes.contains_point
 
    Axes.get_cursor_data
-   Axes.get_cursor_props
-   Axes.set_cursor_props
 
 Children
 ========

diff --git a/doc/api/next_api_changes/2018-02-26-AL-removals.rst b/doc/api/next_api_changes/2018-02-26-AL-removals.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+Removal of deprecated APIs
+``````````````````````````
+The following deprecated API elements have been removed:
+
+- ``matplotlib.checkdep_tex``, ``matplotlib.checkdep_xmllint``,
+- ``backend_bases.IdleEvent``,
+- ``cbook.converter``, ``cbook.tostr``, ``cbook.todatetime``, ``cbook.todate``,
+  ``cbook.tofloat``, ``cbook.toint``, ``cbook.unique``,
+  ``cbook.is_string_like``, ``cbook.is_sequence_of_strings``,
+  ``cbook.is_scalar``, ``cbook.soundex``, ``cbook.dict_delall``,
+  ``cbook.get_split_ind``, ``cbook.wrap``, ``cbook.get_recursive_filelist``,
+  ``cbook.pieces``, ``cbook.exception_to_str``, ``cbook.allequal``,
+  ``cbook.alltrue``, ``cbook.onetrue``, ``cbook.allpairs``, ``cbook.finddir``,
+  ``cbook.reverse_dict``, ``cbook.restrict_dict``, ``cbook.issubclass_safe``,
+  ``cbook.recursive_remove``, ``cbook.unmasked_index_ranges``,
+  ``cbook.Null``, ``cbook.RingBuffer``, ``cbook.Sorter``, ``cbook.Xlator``,
+- ``font_manager.weight_as_number``, ``font_manager.ttfdict_to_fnames``,
+- ``pyplot.colors``,
+- ``rcsetup.validate_negative_linestyle``,
+  ``rcsetup.validate_negative_linestyle_legacy``,
+- ``testing.compare.verifiers``, ``testing.compare.verify``,
+- ``testing.decorators.knownfailureif``,
+  ``testing.decorators.ImageComparisonTest.remove_text``,
+- ``tests.assert_str_equal``, ``tests.test_tinypages.file_same``,
+- ``texmanager.dvipng_hack_alpha``,
+- ``_AxesBase.axesPatch``, ``_AxesBase.get_cursor_props``,
+  ``_AxesBase.set_cursor_props``,
+- ``_ImageBase.iterpnames``,
+- ``Figure.figurePatch``,
+- ``FigureCanvasBase.dynamic_update``, ``FigureCanvasBase.idle_event``,
+  ``FigureCanvasBase.get_linestyle``, ``FigureCanvasBase.set_linestyle``,
+- ``FigureCanvasQTAgg.blitbox``,
+- passing ``frac`` to ``PolarAxes.set_theta_grids``,
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/__init__.py b/lib/matplotlib/__init__.py
@@ -459,23 +459,6 @@ def checkdep_ghostscript():
 checkdep_ghostscript.version = None
 
 
-# Deprecated, as it is unneeded and some distributions (e.g. MiKTeX 2.9.6350)
-# do not actually report the TeX version.
-@cbook.deprecated("2.1")
-def checkdep_tex():
-    try:
-        s = subprocess.Popen([str('tex'), '-version'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
-                             stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
-        stdout, stderr = s.communicate()
-        line = stdout.decode('ascii').split('\n')[0]
-        pattern = r'3\.1\d+'
-        match = re.search(pattern, line)
-        v = match.group(0)
-        return v
-    except (IndexError, ValueError, AttributeError, OSError):
-        return None
-
-
 def checkdep_pdftops():
     try:
         s = subprocess.Popen([str('pdftops'), '-v'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
@@ -509,23 +492,6 @@ def checkdep_inkscape():
 checkdep_inkscape.version = None
 
 
-@cbook.deprecated("2.1")
-def checkdep_xmllint():
-    try:
-        s = subprocess.Popen([str('xmllint'), '--version'],
-                             stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
-                             stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
-        stdout, stderr = s.communicate()
-        lines = stderr.decode('ascii').split('\n')
-        for line in lines:
-            if 'version' in line:
-                v = line.split()[-1]
-                break
-        return v
-    except (IndexError, ValueError, UnboundLocalError, OSError):
-        return None
-
-
 def checkdep_ps_distiller(s):
     if not s:
         return False

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py
@@ -40,9 +40,6 @@
 
 rcParams = matplotlib.rcParams
 
-is_string_like = cbook.is_string_like
-is_sequence_of_strings = cbook.is_sequence_of_strings
-
 _hold_msg = """axes.hold is deprecated.
     See the API Changes document (http://matplotlib.org/api/api_changes.html)
     for more details."""
@@ -1131,11 +1128,6 @@ def cla(self):
 
         self.stale = True
 
-    @property
-    @cbook.deprecated("2.1", alternative="Axes.patch")
-    def axesPatch(self):
-        return self.patch
-
     def clear(self):
         """Clear the axes."""
         self.cla()
@@ -4043,38 +4035,6 @@ def format_deltas(key, dx, dy):
         self.set_xlim(points[:, 0])
         self.set_ylim(points[:, 1])
 
-    @cbook.deprecated("2.1")
-    def get_cursor_props(self):
-        """
-        Return the cursor propertiess as a (*linewidth*, *color*)
-        tuple, where *linewidth* is a float and *color* is an RGBA
-        tuple
-        """
-        return self._cursorProps
-
-    @cbook.deprecated("2.1")
-    def set_cursor_props(self, *args):
-        """Set the cursor property as
-
-        Call signature ::
-
-          ax.set_cursor_props(linewidth, color)
-
-        or::
-
-          ax.set_cursor_props((linewidth, color))
-
-        ACCEPTS: a (*float*, *color*) tuple
-        """
-        if len(args) == 1:
-            lw, c = args[0]
-        elif len(args) == 2:
-            lw, c = args
-        else:
-            raise ValueError('args must be a (linewidth, color) tuple')
-        c = mcolors.to_rgba(c)
-        self._cursorProps = lw, c
-
     def get_children(self):
         """return a list of child artists"""
         children = []

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backend_bases.py b/lib/matplotlib/backend_bases.py
@@ -954,14 +954,6 @@ def get_joinstyle(self):
         """
         return self._joinstyle
 
-    @cbook.deprecated("2.1")
-    def get_linestyle(self):
-        """
-        Return the linestyle: one of ('solid', 'dashed', 'dashdot',
-        'dotted').
-        """
-        return self._linestyle
-
     def get_linewidth(self):
         """
         Return the line width in points as a scalar
@@ -1105,17 +1097,6 @@ def set_linewidth(self, w):
         """
         self._linewidth = float(w)
 
-    @cbook.deprecated("2.1")
-    def set_linestyle(self, style):
-        """
-        Set the linestyle to be one of ('solid', 'dashed', 'dashdot',
-        'dotted'). These are defined in the rcParams
-        `lines.dashed_pattern`, `lines.dashdot_pattern` and
-        `lines.dotted_pattern`.  One may also specify customized dash
-        styles by providing a tuple of (offset, dash pairs).
-        """
-        self._linestyle = style
-
     def set_url(self, url):
         """
         Sets the url for links in compatible backends
@@ -1406,14 +1387,6 @@ def __init__(self, name, canvas, guiEvent=None):
         self.guiEvent = guiEvent
 
 
-@cbook.deprecated("2.1")
-class IdleEvent(Event):
-    """
-    An event triggered by the GUI backend when it is idle -- useful
-    for passive animation
-    """
-
-
 class DrawEvent(Event):
     """
     An event triggered by a draw operation on the canvas
@@ -2014,13 +1987,6 @@ def enter_notify_event(self, guiEvent=None, xy=None):
         event = Event('figure_enter_event', self, guiEvent)
         self.callbacks.process('figure_enter_event', event)
 
-    @cbook.deprecated("2.1")
-    def idle_event(self, guiEvent=None):
-        """Called when GUI is idle."""
-        s = 'idle_event'
-        event = IdleEvent(s, self, guiEvent=guiEvent)
-        self.callbacks.process(s, event)
-
     def grab_mouse(self, ax):
         """
         Set the child axes which are currently grabbing the mouse events.
@@ -2814,10 +2780,6 @@ def back(self, *args):
         self.set_history_buttons()
         self._update_view()
 
-    @cbook.deprecated("2.1", alternative="canvas.draw_idle")
-    def dynamic_update(self):
-        self.canvas.draw_idle()
-
     def draw_rubberband(self, event, x0, y0, x1, y1):
         """Draw a rectangle rubberband to indicate zoom limits.
 

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_qt5agg.py b/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_qt5agg.py
@@ -20,11 +20,6 @@ def __init__(self, figure):
         super().__init__(figure=figure)
         self._bbox_queue = []
 
-    @property
-    @cbook.deprecated("2.1")
-    def blitbox(self):
-        return self._bbox_queue
-
     def paintEvent(self, e):
         """Copy the image from the Agg canvas to the qt.drawable.
 

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_wx.py b/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_wx.py
@@ -501,27 +501,6 @@ def set_joinstyle(self, js):
         self.gfx_ctx.SetPen(self._pen)
         self.unselect()
 
-    @cbook.deprecated("2.1")
-    def set_linestyle(self, ls):
-        """
-        Set the line style to be one of
-        """
-        DEBUG_MSG("set_linestyle()", 1, self)
-        self.select()
-        GraphicsContextBase.set_linestyle(self, ls)
-        try:
-            self._style = wxc.dashd_wx[ls]
-        except KeyError:
-            self._style = wx.LONG_DASH  # Style not used elsewhere...
-
-        # On MS Windows platform, only line width of 1 allowed for dash lines
-        if wx.Platform == '__WXMSW__':
-            self.set_linewidth(1)
-
-        self._pen.SetStyle(self._style)
-        self.gfx_ctx.SetPen(self._pen)
-        self.unselect()
-
     def get_wxcolour(self, color):
         """return a wx.Colour from RGB format"""
         DEBUG_MSG("get_wx_color()", 1, self)
@@ -1591,14 +1570,6 @@ def set_cursor(self, cursor):
         self.canvas.SetCursor(cursor)
         self.canvas.Update()
 
-    @cbook.deprecated("2.1", alternative="canvas.draw_idle")
-    def dynamic_update(self):
-        d = self._idle
-        self._idle = False
-        if d:
-            self.canvas.draw()
-            self._idle = True
-
     def press(self, event):
         if self._active == 'ZOOM':
             if not self.retinaFix: