Add FIXME comment.

maxalbert · maxalbert · commit 49ee4e8c7b8d · 2013-01-09T00:38:31.000Z
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/legend.py b/lib/matplotlib/legend.py
@@ -937,6 +937,13 @@ def _find_best_position(self, width, height, renderer, consider=None):
             badness = legendBox.count_contains(verts)
             badness += legendBox.count_overlaps(bboxes)
             for line in lines:
+                # FIXME: the following line is ill-suited for lines
+                # that 'spiral' around the center, because the bbox
+                # may intersect with the legend even if the line
+                # itself doesn't. One solution would be to break up
+                # the line into its straight-segment components, but
+                # this may (or may not) result in a significant
+                # slowdown if lines with many vertices are present.
                 if line.intersects_bbox(legendBox):
                     badness += 1
 
