Use patheffects without importing matplotlib

[buhtz]

There are known sideeffects importing matplotlib when using seaborn.
So I try to avoid import matplotlib and just do import seaborn as sns.

Now I need to add path effects to text objects in a plot.

# type(text) -> <class 'matplotlib.text.Text'>
text.set_path_effects(
            [
                matplotlib.patheffects.path_effects.Stroke(
                    linewidth=3,
                    foreground=median.get_color()),
                matplotlib.patheffects.path_effects.Normal(),
            ]
        )

You see I have to import matplotlib.patheffects here. Can I prevent this and find a seaborn-only solution for that?

Here is an example of how the path effects looking in real

[mwaskom]

I'm not certain what you're hoping to achieve here (what "known side effects" are you talking about?) but there's no way to import seaborn without importing matplotlib; seaborn is an interface to matplotlib.

[buhtz]

(what "known side effects" are you talking about?)

It is about multiple empty plots/figures because the figure wasn't closed before.
e.g. https://stackoverflow.com/q/52048553/4865723
https://stackoverflow.com/q/51916372/4865723

but there's no way to import seaborn without importing matplotlib

I meant explicit import. Of course, Seaborn do use matplotlib in the back. Because of that the used don't need to make an extra import matplotlib.

[mwaskom]

Those stackoverflow questions don't have anything to do with import side effects, and in any case, import side effects wouldn't depend on whether a module was explicitly or implicitly imported.

[buhtz]

You often see in examples plt.show(). But you have to import plt from matplotlib first to do this.
When using Seaborn you don't need to do this. myplot = sns.catplot(...); myplot.figure.show() and you are fine. No need for explicit importing matplotlib

Let me try this question: Can I have path effects without writing something like matplotlib.* ?