Remove mlab.rec_keep_fields

dstansby · dstansby · commit 7c7d8597c60e · 2018-09-29T11:05:08.000+01:00
diff --git a/doc/api/next_api_changes/2018-09-18-DS.rst b/doc/api/next_api_changes/2018-09-18-DS.rst
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ in Matplotlib 2.2 has been removed. See below for a list:
 - `mlab.rec_join`
 - `mlab.recs_join`
 - `mlab.rec_groupby`
+- `mlab.rec_keep_fields`
 - `mlab.csvformat_factory`
 - `mlab.get_formatd`
 - `mlab.FormatDatetime` (use datetime.strftime instead)
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/mlab.py b/lib/matplotlib/mlab.py
@@ -1596,22 +1596,6 @@ def rec_drop_fields(rec, names):
     return newrec
 
 
-@cbook.deprecated("2.2")
-def rec_keep_fields(rec, names):
-    """
-    Return a new numpy record array with only fields listed in names
-    """
-
-    if isinstance(names, str):
-        names = names.split(',')
-
-    arrays = []
-    for name in names:
-        arrays.append(rec[name])
-
-    return np.rec.fromarrays(arrays, names=names)
-
-
 @cbook.deprecated("2.2")
 def csv2rec(fname, comments='#', skiprows=0, checkrows=0, delimiter=',',
             converterd=None, names=None, missing='', missingd=None,
