Merge pull request #12753 from tacaswell/fix_remove_hold_shims

dstansby · web-flow · commit 86a4bc7a9f44 · 2018-11-11T14:25:03.000Z
MNT: remove _hold shims to support basemap + cartopy
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py
@@ -399,14 +399,6 @@ class _AxesBase(martist.Artist):
     _shared_y_axes = cbook.Grouper()
     _twinned_axes = cbook.Grouper()
 
-    @property
-    def _hold(self):
-        return True
-
-    @_hold.setter
-    def _hold(self, value):
-        pass
-
     def __str__(self):
         return "{0}({1[0]:g},{1[1]:g};{1[2]:g}x{1[3]:g})".format(
             type(self).__name__, self._position.bounds)
