Mar 17, 2023 · Mar 17, 2023 · Mar 17, 2023 · Mar 17, 2023
diff --git a/doc/api/next_api_changes/deprecations/XXXXX-AL.rst b/doc/api/next_api_changes/deprecations/XXXXX-AL.rst
 ``RendererAgg.tostring_rgb`` and ``FigureCanvasAgg.tostring_rgb``
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 ... are deprecated with no replacement.
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_agg.py b/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_agg.py
    def tostring_argb(self):
        return np.asarray(self._renderer).take([3, 0, 1, 2], axis=2).tobytes()

    @_api.deprecated("3.8")
    def tostring_rgb(self):
        return np.asarray(self._renderer).take([0, 1, 2], axis=2).tobytes()

            self.renderer.clear()
        return self.renderer

    @_api.deprecated("3.8")
    def tostring_rgb(self):
        """
        Get the image as RGB `bytes`.
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		``RendererAgg.tostring_rgb`` and ``FigureCanvasAgg.tostring_rgb``
		~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
		... are deprecated with no replacement.
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		def tostring_argb(self):
		return np.asarray(self._renderer).take([3, 0, 1, 2], axis=2).tobytes()

		@_api.deprecated("3.8")
		def tostring_rgb(self):
		return np.asarray(self._renderer).take([0, 1, 2], axis=2).tobytes()

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		self.renderer.clear()
		return self.renderer

		@_api.deprecated("3.8")
Copy link Member jklymakMar 17, 2023 Choose a reason for hiding this comment The reason will be displayed to describe this comment to others.Learn more. Do we need any of these tostring_ methods? and even if we do, should they not be private? Copy link ContributorAuthor anntzerMar 17, 2023 Choose a reason for hiding this comment The reason will be displayed to describe this comment to others.Learn more. We could also deprecate tostring_argb (which we don't use either anymore); I don't have a strong opinion here.
		def tostring_rgb(self):
		"""
		Get the image as RGB `bytes`.
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