FIX: re-instate ability to have position in axes

jklymak · jklymak · commit 93c3138c20ab · 2021-10-23T20:26:03.000+02:00
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py b/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py
@@ -1060,7 +1060,11 @@ def axes(arg=None, **kwargs):
     """
     fig = gcf()
     if arg is None:
-        return fig.add_subplot(**kwargs)
+        pos = kwargs.pop('position', None)
+        if pos is None:
+            return fig.add_subplot(**kwargs)
+        else:
+            return fig.add_axes(pos, **kwargs)
     else:
         return fig.add_axes(arg, **kwargs)
 
