Backport PR #30321: Fix type annotation for Axes.get_legend() to include None

timhoffm · meeseeksmachine · commit 0139aca5c61d · 2025-07-17T18:44:14.000Z
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.pyi b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.pyi
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ class _AxesBase(martist.Artist):
         ymin: float | None = ...,
         ymax: float | None = ...
     ) -> tuple[float, float, float, float]: ...
-    def get_legend(self) -> Legend: ...
+    def get_legend(self) -> Legend | None: ...
     def get_images(self) -> list[AxesImage]: ...
     def get_lines(self) -> list[Line2D]: ...
     def get_xaxis(self) -> XAxis: ...
