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MPL2.1 deprecation warning for axesPatch

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1/5
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35/100
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Bug
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Clearly specified
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Stale
Tech stack
matplotlib, python

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Start in mpl_toolkits/basemap/init.py around lines 1708 and 1711, where the warning shows axesPatch being accessed. Inspect those two references and verify that the Matplotlib deprecation warning no longer appears when the affected Basemap path runs.

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/home/naught101/miniconda3/envs/science/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mpl_toolkits/basemap/__init__.py:1708: MatplotlibDeprecationWarning: The axesPatch function was deprecated in version 2.1. Use Axes.patch instead.
  limb = ax.axesPatch
/home/naught101/miniconda3/envs/science/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mpl_toolkits/basemap/__init__.py:1711: MatplotlibDeprecationWarning: The axesPatch function was deprecated in version 2.1. Use Axes.patch instead.
  if limb is not ax.axesPatch:
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