a bit more comment

jklymak · jklymak · commit 9e474712d470 · 2018-10-26T08:29:24.000-07:00
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/figure.py b/lib/matplotlib/figure.py
@@ -2298,6 +2298,8 @@ def get_tightbbox(self, renderer, bbox_extra_artists=None):
 
         for ax in self.axes:
             if ax.get_visible():
+                # some axes don't take the bbox_extra_artists kwarg so we
+                # need this conditional....
                 try:
                     bbox = ax.get_tightbbox(renderer,
                             bbox_extra_artists=bbox_extra_artists)
