Remove mlab.get_sparse_matrix

dstansby · dstansby · commit aed15daa8b43 · 2018-09-19T18:03:12.000+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
@@ -18,4 +18,5 @@ in Matplotlib 2.2 has been removed. See below for a list:
 - `mlab.rk4` (use scipy.integrate.ode instead)
 - `mlab.bivariate_normal`
 - `mlab.get_xyz_where`
+- `mlab.get_sparse_matrix`
 - `mlab.donothing_callback`
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/mlab.py b/lib/matplotlib/mlab.py
@@ -1194,20 +1194,6 @@ def cohere(x, y, NFFT=256, Fs=2, detrend=detrend_none, window=window_hanning,
     return Cxy, f
 
 
-@cbook.deprecated('2.2')
-def get_sparse_matrix(M, N, frac=0.1):
-    """
-    Return a *M* x *N* sparse matrix with *frac* elements randomly
-    filled.
-    """
-    data = np.zeros((M, N))*0.
-    for i in range(int(M*N*frac)):
-        x = np.random.randint(0, M-1)
-        y = np.random.randint(0, N-1)
-        data[x, y] = np.random.rand()
-    return data
-
-
 @cbook.deprecated('2.2', 'numpy.hypot')
 def dist(x, y):
     """
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/pylab.py b/lib/matplotlib/pylab.py
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@
     amap, base_repr, binary_repr, csv2rec,
     demean, detrend, detrend_linear, detrend_mean, detrend_none, dist,
     dist_point_to_segment, distances_along_curve, exp_safe,
-    fftsurr, frange, get_sparse_matrix, griddata,
+    fftsurr, frange, griddata,
     identity, inside_poly, is_closed_polygon, ispower2, isvector, l1norm,
     l2norm, log2, movavg, norm_flat,
     path_length, poly_below, poly_between,
