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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"[MNT]: Analyse, define and document Artist.axes","articleBody":"### Summary\n\nThe situation is currently mixed and not well-defined, e.g.\n\n- https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/blob/45caf0e2fe9ff5120939dcb270793a867cf153cc/lib/matplotlib/artist.py#L215-L218\n  \u003cs\u003edoes always raise AFAICS\u003c/s\u003e should not be there, because Artist has an Axes property.\n- Semantics: Loosely speaking Artist. axes is the Axes the Artist is in. Do we need to specify this explicitly? Who has the authority to set this? Likely only `Axes.add_artist`?\n- Semantics 2: Figure redefines the property to \"The list of Axes  in the figure\"\n- Some Artist subclasses define property setters\n- Should Artist.axes be public at all or is it an implementation detail.\n- we should have one place where we document the logic behind all this. Could e.g. be with the property.\n- probably more ...\n\n### Proposed fix\n\n_No response_","author":{"url":"https://github.com/timhoffm","@type":"Person","name":"timhoffm"},"datePublished":"2026-02-08T08:37:40.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":2},"url":"https://github.com/31118/matplotlib/issues/31118"}