Deprecate AxisArtist.ZORDER

timhoffm · timhoffm · commit 2ed3860fcae0 · 2020-11-14T04:35:09.000+01:00
diff --git a/doc/api/next_api_changes/deprecations/18949-TH.rst b/doc/api/next_api_changes/deprecations/18949-TH.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+``AxisArtist.ZORDER``
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+use ``AxisArtist.zorder`` instead.
diff --git a/lib/mpl_toolkits/axisartist/axis_artist.py b/lib/mpl_toolkits/axisartist/axis_artist.py
@@ -629,7 +629,12 @@ class AxisArtist(martist.Artist):
     is constant) line, ticks, ticklabels, and axis label.
     """
 
-    zorder = ZORDER = 2.5  # ZORDER is a backcompat alias.
+    zorder = 2.5
+
+    @_api.deprecated("3.4")
+    @_api.classproperty
+    def ZORDER(cls):
+        return cls.zorder
 
     @property
     def LABELPAD(self):

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	`1`	+``AxisArtist.ZORDER``
	`2`	`+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`
	`3`	+use ``AxisArtist.zorder`` instead.