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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"[MNT]: Declare table() to be not further developed","articleBody":"### Summary\n\n`table()` and the underlying Artist have substantial design flaws. I recommend to not invest any time in future features or bugfixes.\n\nGetting better table functionality would require a complete rewrite, and I don't see that this would be a priority for us.\n\n### Proposed fix\n\nDeclare the feature to be \"frozen\", i.e. the code stays available as is, but we do not add features or implement bugfixes. If it works for you, use it, if not we don't provide help. - Do we have a better term than \"frozen\" for this?\n\nThis would set clear expectations. It would also allow us to close all table-related issues.\n\nWe could recommend the third party package [blume](https://github.com/swfiua/blume) instead.\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/timhoffm","@type":"Person","name":"timhoffm"},"datePublished":"2025-10-20T18:22:27.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":9},"url":"https://github.com/30664/matplotlib/issues/30664"}