matplotlib/matplotlib — pull request #1950 by pelson (2013-04-26 15:30:30+00:00)
Title: Tidy up the matplotlib.__init__ documentation.

The matplotlib namespace is *really* cluttered. Many of the functions here could be static methods or instance methods of the RcParams dictionary class.

I don't want to hold up this PR, but if there is appetite to break backwards compatibility, I'd be willing to tidy it up in a follow-on PR.