Remove unnecessary explicit default loc='best' in legend()

timhoffm · timhoffm · commit e62a5ac198fe · 2018-05-09T19:19:00.000+02:00
diff --git a/examples/api/sankey_basics.py b/examples/api/sankey_basics.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
            orientations=[-1, -1, -1], prior=0, connect=(0, 0))
 diagrams = sankey.finish()
 diagrams[-1].patch.set_hatch('/')
-plt.legend(loc='best')
+plt.legend()
 
 ###############################################################################
 # Notice that only one connection is specified, but the systems form a
diff --git a/examples/recipes/transparent_legends.py b/examples/recipes/transparent_legends.py
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@
 
   ax.legend(loc='upper right')
 
-Other times you don't know where your data is, and loc='best' will try
-and place the legend::
+Other times you don't know where your data is, and the default loc='best'
+will try and place the legend::
 
-  ax.legend(loc='best')
+  ax.legend()
 
 but still, your legend may overlap your data, and in these cases it's
 nice to make the legend frame transparent.
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 ax.plot(np.random.rand(300), 's-', label='uniform distribution')
 ax.set_ylim(-3, 3)
 
-ax.legend(loc='best', fancybox=True, framealpha=0.5)
+ax.legend(fancybox=True, framealpha=0.5)
 ax.set_title('fancy, transparent legends')
 
 plt.show()
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py b/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py
@@ -2192,7 +2192,7 @@ def getname_val(identifier):
                 ax.set_xlabel('')
 
     if not subplots:
-        ax.legend(ynamelist, loc='best')
+        ax.legend(ynamelist)
 
     if xname=='date':
         fig.autofmt_xdate()
