Kill FontManager.update_fonts.

anntzer · anntzer · commit 35db7dc2ad57 · 2018-10-11T00:44:18.000+02:00
It's been listed as a TODO since the first ever commit in the git log (e34a333), has always raised NotImplementedError, and nowadays the suggested action is always to just fully regenerate the font cache anyways.
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/font_manager.py b/lib/matplotlib/font_manager.py
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 #   - default font algorithm needs improvement and testing
 #   - setWeights function needs improvement
 #   - 'light' is an invalid weight value, remove it.
-#   - update_fonts not implemented
 
 from functools import lru_cache
 import json
@@ -1018,14 +1017,6 @@ def set_default_weight(self, weight):
         """
         self.__default_weight = weight
 
-    def update_fonts(self, filenames):
-        """
-        Update the font dictionary with new font files.
-        Currently not implemented.
-        """
-        #  !!!!  Needs implementing
-        raise NotImplementedError
-
     # Each of the scoring functions below should return a value between
     # 0.0 (perfect match) and 1.0 (terrible match)
     def score_family(self, families, family2):
