Unnecessary method override for del

richardsheridan · richardsheridan · commit db31323d47e7 · 2020-08-08T15:36:32.000-04:00
message will be destroyed via tk object tree (master=self) and GCd by Python (only referred to by other self attributes)
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backends/_backend_tk.py b/lib/matplotlib/backends/_backend_tk.py
@@ -525,10 +525,6 @@ def __init__(self, canvas, window, *, pack_toolbar=True):
         if pack_toolbar:
             self.pack(side=tk.BOTTOM, fill=tk.X)
 
-    def destroy(self, *args):
-        del self.message
-        tk.Frame.destroy(self, *args)
-
     def set_message(self, s):
         self.message.set(s)
 
