Can't remove StemContainer

[goretkin]

In [7]: c = ax.stem([1,2],[2,1])

In [8]: c.remove()
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TypeError                                 Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-8-dbc7beefa92d> in <module>()
----> 1 c.remove()

python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/container.pyc in remove(self)
     33     def remove(self):
     34         for c in self:
---> 35             c.remove()
     36 
     37         if self._remove_method:

TypeError: remove() takes exactly one argument (0 given)

The markers get removed from the plot, however the lines stay. That's because ax.plot returns a listof <matplotlib.lines.Line2D>, and while list has a remove method, it's not what is intended.

In [9]: matplotlib.__version__
Out[9]: '1.4.3'

[tacaswell]

also in 1.5.0