MNT: Remove deprecated get_label_coords from contourLabeler

Author: greglucas

doc/api/next_api_changes/removals/23XXX-GL.rst

@@ -3,3 +3,9 @@ Get/set window title methods have been removed from the canvas
 
 Use the corresponding methods on the FigureManager if using pyplot,
 or GUI-specific methods if embedding.
+
+``ContourLabeler.get_label_coords()`` has been removed
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+There is no replacement, it was considered an internal helper.
+

lib/matplotlib/contour.py

@@ -248,31 +248,6 @@ def too_close(self, x, y, lw):
         return any((x - loc[0]) ** 2 + (y - loc[1]) ** 2 < thresh
                    for loc in self.labelXYs)
 
-    @_api.deprecated("3.4")
-    def get_label_coords(self, distances, XX, YY, ysize, lw):
-        """
-        Return x, y, and the index of a label location.
-
-        Labels are plotted at a location with the smallest
-        deviation of the contour from a straight line
-        unless there is another label nearby, in which case
-        the next best place on the contour is picked up.
-        If all such candidates are rejected, the beginning
-        of the contour is chosen.
-        """
-        hysize = int(ysize / 2)
-        adist = np.argsort(distances)
-
-        for ind in adist:
-            x, y = XX[ind][hysize], YY[ind][hysize]
-            if self.too_close(x, y, lw):
-                continue
-            return x, y, ind
-
-        ind = adist[0]
-        x, y = XX[ind][hysize], YY[ind][hysize]
-        return x, y, ind
-
     def _get_nth_label_width(self, nth):
         """Return the width of the *nth* label, in pixels."""
         fig = self.axes.figure