Remove mlab.csvformat_factory

dstansby · dstansby · commit e6345ead4b74 · 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
@@ -41,4 +41,5 @@ in Matplotlib 2.2 has been removed. See below for a list:
 - `mlab.inside_poly`
 - `mlab.rec2csv` (use numpy.recarray.tofile instead)
 - `mlab.rec2text` (use numpy.recarray.tofile instead)
+- `mlab.csvformat_factory`
 - `mlab.donothing_callback`
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/mlab.py b/lib/matplotlib/mlab.py
@@ -2311,15 +2311,6 @@ def get_formatd(r, formatd=None):
     return formatd
 
 
-@cbook.deprecated("2.2")
-def csvformat_factory(format):
-    format = copy.deepcopy(format)
-    if isinstance(format, FormatFloat):
-        format.scale = 1.  # override scaling for storage
-        format.fmt = '%r'
-    return format
-
-
 class GaussianKDE(object):
     """
     Representation of a kernel-density estimate using Gaussian kernels.
