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DOC: Improve docs of legend loc=best
timhoffm Dec 13, 2025
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Update lib/matplotlib/legend.py
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Expand Up @@ -303,8 +303,13 @@ def _update_bbox_to_anchor(self, loc_in_canvas):
_loc_doc_best = """
The string ``'best'`` places the legend at the location, among the nine
locations defined so far, with the minimum overlap with other drawn
artists. This option can be quite slow for plots with large amounts of
data; your plotting speed may benefit from providing a specific location.
artists. This currently takes into account most, but not all, artists
added to the Axes via plotting functions. In particular it does not consider
inset axes, titles, or axis labels.

The computation of the best position can be expensive for plots with large
amounts of data. If speed becomes a concern, you may may benefit from
providing a specific location.
"""

_legend_kw_axes_st = (
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