Deprecate unused ContourLabeler.get_real_label_width.

anntzer · anntzer · commit 23664c53c207 · 2017-12-01T11:20:46.000-08:00
diff --git a/doc/api/api_changes/2017-12-01-AL.rst b/doc/api/api_changes/2017-12-01-AL.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Deprecation of unused methods
+`````````````````````````````
+
+The unused ``ContourLabeler.get_real_label_width`` method is deprecated.
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/contour.py b/lib/matplotlib/contour.py
@@ -289,6 +289,7 @@ def get_label_width(self, lev, fmt, fsize):
 
         return lw
 
+    @cbook.deprecated("2.2")
     def get_real_label_width(self, lev, fmt, fsize):
         """
         This computes actual onscreen label width.
