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AI-generatedDoes mixing pyplot state-machine and Object-Oriented API cause figure reference conflicts?
Matplotlib provides two primary interfaces for creating visualizations: the pyplot state-machine and the Object-Oriented (OO) API. While the OO API allows for explicit management of Figure and Axes objects, pyplot maintains a global state to track the active figure and current axes. In complex applications where both interfaces are used simultaneously, there