matplotlib / matplotlib/matplotlib
[MNT]: Inconsistent API Figure.suptitle()
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Description
### Summary
@story645 noted in https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/pull/26629#discussion_r1314387831
Why is it `Figure.suptitle()` and not `Figure.set_suptitle()`. Same with `Figure.supxlabel()` / `Figure.supylabel()`.
And related: Should we do something about this?
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Research direction
Start by reviewing the public Figure.suptitle(), Figure.supxlabel(), and Figure.supylabel() entry points, along with the linked pull-request discussion. Determine whether these APIs should be renamed for consistency and define what compatibility or migration behavior would count as done.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- data-visualization
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100