[Bug]: Histogram ignores lw argument, no warning or error #29977

# Test of lw vs linewidth in histograms

histogram1 = [1]
histogram2 = [3]
histogram3 = [5]

fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(8, 8))
ax.hist(histogram1, bins=1, density=True, histtype='step', color='tab:blue', lw=1, label='lw=1')
ax.hist(histogram2, bins=1, density=True, histtype='step', color='tab:orange', lw=3, label='lw=3')
ax.hist(histogram3, bins=1, density=True, histtype='step', color='tab:green', linewidth=3, label='linewidth=3')
ax.legend()

plt.show()

print(matplotlib.__version__)