MNT: Make get_default_filetype a classmethod#31867
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FigureCanvasBase defines get_default_filetype as a classmethod, but all derived implementations overwrite this with an instance method. All implementations could even be static. But let's coerce to a classmethod for consistency and to not change the public API of FigureCanvasBase
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FigureCanvasBase defines get_default_filetype as a class method, but all derived implementations overwrite this with an instance method. All implementations could even be static. But let's coerce to a classmethod for consistency and to not change the public API of FigureCanvasBase
matplotlib/lib/matplotlib/backend_bases.py
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