Deprecate Colorbar.patch.

anntzer · anntzer · commit 210060408dc3 · 2021-06-22T10:23:01.000+02:00
It is not used at all anymore (its vertices are not even set correctly)
since the switch to ColorbarAxes.
diff --git a/doc/api/next_api_changes/behavior/20054-JMK.rst b/doc/api/next_api_changes/behavior/20054-JMK.rst
@@ -17,3 +17,8 @@ If a colorbar has lines added to it (e.g. for contour lines), these will
 no longer be clipped.  This is an improvement for lines on the edge of
 the colorbar, but could lead to lines off the colorbar if the limits of
 the colorbar are changed.
+
+``Colorbar.patch`` is deprecated
+================================
+
+This attribute is not correctly updated anymore.
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/colorbar.py b/lib/matplotlib/colorbar.py
@@ -471,10 +471,11 @@ def __init__(self, ax, mappable=None, *, cmap=None,
             spine.set_visible(False)
         self.outline = self.ax.spines['outline'] = _ColorbarSpine(self.ax)
 
-        self.patch = mpatches.Polygon(
+        # Only kept for backcompat; remove after deprecation.
+        self._patch = mpatches.Polygon(
             np.empty((0, 2)),
             color=mpl.rcParams['axes.facecolor'], linewidth=0.01, zorder=-1)
-        ax.add_artist(self.patch)
+        ax.add_artist(self._patch)
 
         self.dividers = collections.LineCollection(
             [],
@@ -507,6 +508,9 @@ def __init__(self, ax, mappable=None, *, cmap=None,
         if isinstance(mappable, contour.ContourSet) and not mappable.filled:
             self.add_lines(mappable)
 
+    # Also remove ._patch after deprecation elapses.
+    patch = _api.deprecate_privatize_attribute("3.5")
+
     def update_normal(self, mappable):
         """
         Update solid patches, lines, etc.
