Remove more Axis API deprecated in 3.3.

Author: QuLogic

doc/api/next_api_changes/removals/20447-ES.rst

@@ -53,3 +53,6 @@ orientations ("horizontal" and "vertical") are now case-sensitive.
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 These attributes have been removed in favor of ``ContourSet.axes`` and
 ``Quiver.axes``, for consistency with other artists.
+
+*fontdict* and *minor* parameters of `.Axes.set_xticklabels` / `.Axes.set_yticklabels` are now keyword-only
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

lib/matplotlib/axis.py

@@ -1287,8 +1287,7 @@ def get_minorticklocs(self):
                 if ~np.isclose(tr_loc, tr_major_locs, atol=tol, rtol=0).any()]
         return minor_locs
 
-    @_api.make_keyword_only("3.3", "minor")
-    def get_ticklocs(self, minor=False):
+    def get_ticklocs(self, *, minor=False):
         """Return this Axis' tick locations in data coordinates."""
         return self.get_minorticklocs() if minor else self.get_majorticklocs()
 
@@ -1755,8 +1754,7 @@ def set_ticklabels(self, ticklabels, *, minor=False, **kwargs):
 
     # Wrapper around set_ticklabels used to generate Axes.set_x/ytickabels; can
     # go away once the API of Axes.set_x/yticklabels becomes consistent.
-    @_api.make_keyword_only("3.3", "fontdict")
-    def _set_ticklabels(self, labels, fontdict=None, minor=False, **kwargs):
+    def _set_ticklabels(self, labels, *, fontdict=None, minor=False, **kwargs):
         """
         Set this Axis' labels with list of string labels.