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@anntzer anntzer commented May 22, 2022

_Backend.show() is used to generate a backend_module.show() method (by
wrapping _Backend.mainloop() with some boilerplate), which is then what
pyplot.show() calls. Currently, it contains a cutout for webagg (wrt.
block support), but that's not really needed: the webagg backend
defines a show() function directly, without going through the mainloop
helper (this was the case even before the introduction of the _Backend
helper in 5141f80), and thus the if get_backend() == "WebAgg" check is
never reached when using webagg (try adding a print there and running
MPLBACKEND=webagg python -c 'from pylab import *; plot(); show()').
So we can just remove the cutout.

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_Backend.show() is used to generate a backend_module.show() method (by
wrapping _Backend.mainloop() with some boilerplate), which is then what
pyplot.show() calls.  Currently, it contains a cutout for webagg (wrt.
`block` support), but that's not really needed: the webagg backend
defines a show() function *directly*, without going through the mainloop
helper (this was the case even before the introduction of the _Backend
helper in 5141f80), and thus the `if get_backend() == "WebAgg"` check is
never reached when using webagg (try adding a print there and running
`MPLBACKEND=webagg python -c 'from pylab import *; plot(); show()'`).
So we can just remove the cutout.
@tacaswell tacaswell added this to the v3.6.0 milestone May 22, 2022
@tacaswell tacaswell merged commit 7fba039 into matplotlib:main May 22, 2022
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