Properly make Name.hexify go through a deprecation cycle.

anntzer · anntzer · commit b442ef66e74f · 2022-06-16T21:18:34.000+02:00
diff --git a/doc/api/next_api_changes/deprecations/23289-AL.rst b/doc/api/next_api_changes/deprecations/23289-AL.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+``backend_pdf.Name.hexify``
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+... is deprecated with no replacement.
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_pdf.py b/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_pdf.py
@@ -392,6 +392,11 @@ def __lt__(self, other):
     def __hash__(self):
         return hash(self.name)
 
+    @staticmethod
+    @_api.deprecated("3.6")
+    def hexify(match):
+        return '#%02x' % ord(match.group())
+
     def pdfRepr(self):
         return b'/' + self.name
 

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	`1`	+``backend_pdf.Name.hexify``
	`2`	`+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`
	`3`	`+... is deprecated with no replacement.`