'copy properties from other to self'

def update_from(self, other):

    artist.Artist.update_from(self, other)
    self._antialiaseds = other._antialiaseds
    self._original_edgecolor = other._original_edgecolor
    self._edgecolors = other._edgecolors
    self._original_facecolor = other._original_facecolor
    self._facecolors = other._facecolors
    self._linewidths = other._linewidths
    self._linestyles = other._linestyles
    self._us_linestyles = other._us_linestyles
    self._pickradius = other._pickradius
    self._hatch = other._hatch
    self._A = other._A
    self.norm = other.norm
    self.cmap = other.cmap
    self.stale = True
