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matplotlib.patches.draw_bbox

matplotlib.patches.draw_bbox(bbox, renderer, color='k', trans=None)[source]

This is a debug function to draw a rectangle around the bounding box returned by get_window_extent() of an artist, to test whether the artist is returning the correct bbox.