Discourage Lasso widget in docs#31656
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Summary
matplotlib.widgets.Lassoas discouraged in its API docstring and recommendLassoSelectorLassoandLassoSelectorgallery examples so users can compare the low-level widget and the preferred selector APILassois discouraged for new codeLassoSelectorgallery introRefs #19221.
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python3 -m py_compile lib/matplotlib/widgets.py galleries/examples/event_handling/lasso_demo.py galleries/examples/widgets/lasso_selector_demo_sgskip.py/Users/whyharshit/Documents/Codex/2026-05-11/i-want-you-to-browse-for/bulwark-mcp/.venv/bin/ruff check lib/matplotlib/widgets.py galleries/examples/event_handling/lasso_demo.py galleries/examples/widgets/lasso_selector_demo_sgskip.pygit diff --checkI did not run a full docs build locally.