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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"[MNT]: Revisit architecture and handling of Artist properties","articleBody":"### Summary\n\nSplit out from https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/pull/30979#issuecomment-3790550209\n\nFor a start, I just cite the summary of the above comment. A more compelete writeup will follow later.\n\n\u003e **Mid-term: (larger project)**\n\u003e Revisit the architecture and handling of artist properties, including\n\u003e - fundamental design decisions https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/pull/30979#issuecomment-3764512926\n\u003e - usage in signatures https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/pull/30979#issuecomment-3765183981\n\u003e - need for normalization in set, (including whether it needs to detect duplicates) https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/pull/30979#issuecomment-3765183981\n\u003e - completion support https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/pull/30979#issuecomment-3765373870\n\n\n\n### Proposed fix\n\n_No response_","author":{"url":"https://github.com/timhoffm","@type":"Person","name":"timhoffm"},"datePublished":"2026-02-02T09:01:44.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":2},"url":"https://github.com/31055/matplotlib/issues/31055"}