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  "id": "python/matplotlib-figure-size-error",
  "signature": "TypeError: 'figsize' is an invalid keyword argument for <class 'matplotlib.figure.Figure'>",
  "signature_zh": "TypeError: 'figsize'是<class 'matplotlib.figure.Figure'>的无效关键字参数",
  "regex": "TypeError:\\ 'figsize'\\ is\\ an\\ invalid\\ keyword\\ argument\\ for\\ <class\\ 'matplotlib\\.figure\\.Figure'>",
  "domain": "python",
  "category": "type_error",
  "subcategory": null,
  "root_cause": "Passing figsize directly to plt.figure() is correct, but if user mistakenly passes it to a subplot function like plt.subplot() or plt.subplots(), it raises a TypeError because those functions don't accept figsize.",
  "root_cause_type": "generic",
  "root_cause_zh": "将figsize直接传递给plt.figure()是正确的，但如果用户错误地将其传递给子图函数如plt.subplot()或plt.subplots()，则会引发TypeError，因为这些函数不接受figsize。",
  "versions": [
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      "version": "3.7",
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      "removed": null,
      "behavior_change": null,
      "status": "active"
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    {
      "version": "3.8",
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  "dead_ends": [
    {
      "action": "Using figsize as a positional argument",
      "why_fails": "figsize must be a keyword argument; positional passing will be misinterpreted.",
      "fail_rate": 0.8,
      "condition": "",
      "sources": []
    },
    {
      "action": "Setting plt.rcParams['figure.figsize'] before creating figure",
      "why_fails": "This changes default figure size, but the error is about passing figsize to wrong function.",
      "fail_rate": 0.7,
      "condition": "",
      "sources": []
    }
  ],
  "workarounds": [
    {
      "action": "Pass figsize only to plt.figure() or plt.subplots()",
      "success_rate": 0.95,
      "how": "fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(8,6))",
      "condition": "",
      "sources": []
    },
    {
      "action": "Use set_size_inches() on the figure object after creation",
      "success_rate": 0.9,
      "how": "fig = plt.figure(); fig.set_size_inches(8,6)",
      "condition": "",
      "sources": []
    }
  ],
  "workarounds_zh": [],
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  },
  "official_doc_url": null,
  "official_doc_section": null,
  "error_code": null,
  "verification_tier": "ai_generated",
  "confidence": 0.84,
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  "resolvable": "true",
  "first_seen": "2024-01-25",
  "last_confirmed": "2025-01-01",
  "last_updated": "2025-01-01",
  "evidence_count": 0,
  "tags": [],
  "locale": "en",
  "aliases": []
}