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# matplotlib.patches.draw_bbox

`matplotlib.patches.``draw_bbox`(bbox, renderer, color=’k’, trans=None)

  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.