Remove unused resolution kwarg to PolarAxes

patniharshit · patniharshit · commit 13a3da74bb25 · 2017-05-19T15:48:57.000+05:30
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/projections/__init__.py b/lib/matplotlib/projections/__init__.py
@@ -87,11 +87,6 @@ def process_projection_requirements(figure, *args, **kwargs):
                 projection)
         projection = 'polar'
 
-    # ensure that the resolution keyword is always put into the key
-    # for polar plots
-    if projection == 'polar':
-        kwargs.setdefault('resolution', 1)
-
     if isinstance(projection, six.string_types) or projection is None:
         projection_class = get_projection_class(projection)
     elif hasattr(projection, '_as_mpl_axes'):
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/projections/polar.py b/lib/matplotlib/projections/polar.py
@@ -227,23 +227,11 @@ class PolarAxes(Axes):
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         """
         Create a new Polar Axes for a polar plot.
-
-        The following optional kwargs are supported:
-
-          - *resolution*: The number of points of interpolation between
-            each pair of data points.  Set to 1 to disable
-            interpolation.
         """
-        self.resolution = kwargs.pop('resolution', 1)
         self._default_theta_offset = kwargs.pop('theta_offset', 0)
         self._default_theta_direction = kwargs.pop('theta_direction', 1)
         self._default_rlabel_position = kwargs.pop('rlabel_position', 22.5)
 
-        if self.resolution not in (None, 1):
-            warnings.warn(
-                """The resolution kwarg to Polar plots is now ignored.
-If you need to interpolate data points, consider running
-cbook.simple_linear_interpolation on the data before passing to matplotlib.""")
         Axes.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
         self.set_aspect('equal', adjustable='box', anchor='C')
         self.cla()
