René's URL Explorer Experiment

{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"[Doc]: A default of `None` should be properly documented as a default of `None`","articleBody":"### Documentation Link\n\n[https://matplotlib.org/devdocs/devel/document.html#default-values](https://matplotlib.org/devdocs/devel/document.html#default-values)\n\n### Problem\n\nI feel strongly enough about this to create an issue: see the discussion between me and Elliott here: https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/pull/31262#issuecomment-4028349373\n\nIn particular, this paragraph from \"Write documentation\" is well outside of the norm, in my experience:\n\n\u003e If None is only used as a sentinel value for \"parameter not specified\", do not document it as the default. Depending on the context, give the actual default, or mark the parameter as optional if not specifying has no particular effect.\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/kdpenner","@type":"Person","name":"kdpenner"},"datePublished":"2026-03-10T04:55:51.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":9},"url":"https://github.com/31264/matplotlib/issues/31264"}