FIX: fix the positional arguments

jklymak · jklymak · commit 77aec6746bb0 · 2022-12-12T10:54:42.000-08:00
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/figure.py b/lib/matplotlib/figure.py
@@ -1113,12 +1113,12 @@ def legend(self, *args, **kwargs):
             # extra_args = extra_args[1:]
             pass
         transform = kwargs.pop('bbox_transform', self.transSubfigure)
+        outside = None
         if 'loc' in kwargs:
             # need to protect this in case loc was passed in
             # positionally...
             loc = kwargs.pop('loc', None)
             # handle outside legends:
-            outside = None
             if isinstance(loc, str):
                 if loc.split()[0] == 'outside':
                     loc = loc.replace('outside ', '')
