Merge pull request matplotlib#23078 from greglucas/dep-axis-cla

MNT: Remove deprecated axis.cla()

Author: timhoffm

doc/api/axis_api.rst

@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ Inheritance
    :nosignatures:
 
    Axis.clear
-   Axis.cla
    Axis.get_scale
 
 

doc/api/next_api_changes/removals/23078-GL.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+``Axis.cla()`` has been removed
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Use `.Axis.clear()` instead.

lib/matplotlib/axis.py

@@ -868,11 +868,6 @@ def clear(self):
         self.set_units(None)
         self.stale = True
 
-    @_api.deprecated("3.4", alternative="`.Axis.clear`")
-    def cla(self):
-        """Clear this axis."""
-        return self.clear()
-
     def reset_ticks(self):
         """
         Re-initialize the major and minor Tick lists.