MNT: Remove consider argument from Legend._find_best_position

It is never passed in explicitly, and this is otherwise private.

Author: QuLogic

lib/matplotlib/legend.py

@@ -1158,28 +1158,21 @@ def _get_anchored_bbox(self, loc, bbox, parentbbox, renderer):
             loc, bbox, parentbbox,
             self.borderaxespad * renderer.points_to_pixels(self._fontsize))
 
-    def _find_best_position(self, width, height, renderer, consider=None):
-        """
-        Determine the best location to place the legend.
-
-        *consider* is a list of ``(x, y)`` pairs to consider as a potential
-        lower-left corner of the legend. All are display coords.
-        """
+    def _find_best_position(self, width, height, renderer):
+        """Determine the best location to place the legend."""
         assert self.isaxes  # always holds, as this is only called internally
 
         start_time = time.perf_counter()
 
         bboxes, lines, offsets = self._auto_legend_data()
 
         bbox = Bbox.from_bounds(0, 0, width, height)
-        if consider is None:
-            consider = [self._get_anchored_bbox(x, bbox,
-                                                self.get_bbox_to_anchor(),
-                                                renderer)
-                        for x in range(1, len(self.codes))]
 
         candidates = []
-        for idx, (l, b) in enumerate(consider):
+        for idx in range(1, len(self.codes)):
+            l, b = self._get_anchored_bbox(idx, bbox,
+                                           self.get_bbox_to_anchor(),
+                                           renderer)
             legendBox = Bbox.from_bounds(l, b, width, height)
             badness = 0
             # XXX TODO: If markers are present, it would be good to take them