Bug summary

For example, when subplot A shares the x-axis with subplot B (A is created with sharex=B), a call to B.cla() will set the xlimit to [0, 1], which may not be expected (in contrast, a call to A.cla() will not change the xlimit).

I think the main problem comes from the following function, where it will check whether its _sharex attribute is None; however, in this case, B is shared to A, but no axis is shared to B, so B's _sharex attribute is None.

Code for reproduction

ax = plt.subplot(211)
ax2 = plt.subplot(212, sharex=ax)
ax.plot(range(50))
ax2.plot(range(50))
ax.cla()
plt.show()

Actual outcome

Expected outcome

Additional information

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Operating system

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Matplotlib Version

3.8.3

Matplotlib Backend

'TkAgg'

Python version

3.9.13

Jupyter version

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Installation

pip