Bug report

Bug summary

AxesImage.__str__ is currently implemented as "AxesImage(%g,%g;%gx%g)" % tuple(self.axes.bbox.bounds), which means that the coordinates printed out are wrong whenever the image does not span the full Axes. (Well, technically we make no guarantees about the meaning of the str of the image but you'd expect that the numbers match the image's extents...

Code for reproduction

from pylab import *
im1 = imshow([[1, 2]]); im2 = imshow(np.arange(9).reshape((3, 3))); print(im1, im2)

Actual outcome

One image is much smaller than the other, but both are printed as

AxesImage(80,52.8;496x369.6) AxesImage(80,52.8;496x369.6)

Expected outcome

Either correct extents, or a different __str__ with less information.

Matplotlib version

• Operating system: linux
• Matplotlib version (import matplotlib; print(matplotlib.__version__)): 3.4+HEAD
• Matplotlib backend (print(matplotlib.get_backend())): any
• Python version: 39
• Jupyter version (if applicable):
• Other libraries: