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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Deprecate Axes.arrow/pyplot.arrow","articleBody":"\u003c!--To help us understand and resolve your issue, please fill out the form to the best of your ability.--\u003e\r\n\u003c!--You can feel free to delete the sections that do not apply.--\u003e\r\n\r\n### Bug report\r\n\r\n**Bug summary**\r\n\r\nAxes.arrow/pyplot.arrow generates a FancyArrow, which has a rather awkward API (#12768); we typically suggest to use Axes.annotate/pyplot.annotate instead (even the docstring of arrow() does so!).  We may want to keep FancyArrow around for backcompat (it is simple to convert calls to arrow() to `ax.add_patch(FancyArrow(\u003cthe same args\u003e))`), but at least we should consider deprecating the toplevel arrow() function, which is just a bad trap for any new users.\r\n\r\n**Matplotlib version**\r\n\u003c!--Please specify your platform and versions of the relevant libraries you are using:--\u003e\r\n  * Operating system: \r\n  * Matplotlib version (`import matplotlib; print(matplotlib.__version__)`): 3.4.x\r\n  * Matplotlib backend (`print(matplotlib.get_backend())`): \r\n  * Python version: \r\n  * Jupyter version (if applicable): \r\n  * Other libraries: \r\n\r\n\u003c!--Please tell us how you installed matplotlib and python e.g., from source, pip, conda--\u003e\r\n\u003c!--If you installed from conda, please specify which channel you used if not the default--\u003e\r\n\r\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/anntzer","@type":"Person","name":"anntzer"},"datePublished":"2021-06-08T09:56:30.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":2},"url":"https://github.com/20387/matplotlib/issues/20387"}