DEP: Remove np.pkgload, which was deprecated in 1.10

eric-wieser · eric-wieser · commit 85cf4efe47a0 · 2018-08-12T10:48:18.000-07:00
Attempts to use this on either cpython27 or cpython35, in either a shell or a script, gives:

    NameError: name '__path__' is not defined

Perhaps I'm calling it wrong, but it might just be broken.
diff --git a/doc/release/1.16.0-notes.rst b/doc/release/1.16.0-notes.rst
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ The type dictionaries `numpy.core.typeNA` and `numpy.core.sctypeNA` were buggy
 and not documented. They will be removed in the 1.18 release. Use 
 `numpy.sctypeDict` instead.
 
+
+``np.PackageLoader`` and ``np.pkgload`` have been removed
+---------------------------------------------------------
+These were deprecated in 1.10, had no tests, and seem to no longer work in
+1.15 anyway.
+
 Future Changes
 ==============
 
diff --git a/numpy/__init__.py b/numpy/__init__.py
@@ -133,17 +133,9 @@
     from .version import git_revision as __git_revision__
     from .version import version as __version__
 
-    from ._import_tools import PackageLoader
-
-    def pkgload(*packages, **options):
-        loader = PackageLoader(infunc=True)
-        return loader(*packages, **options)
-
     __all__ = ['ModuleDeprecationWarning',
                'VisibleDeprecationWarning']
 
-    pkgload.__doc__ = PackageLoader.__call__.__doc__
-
     # Allow distributors to run custom init code
     from . import _distributor_init
 
@@ -172,8 +164,7 @@ def pkgload(*packages, **options):
 
     from .core import round, abs, max, min
 
-    __all__.extend(['__version__', 'pkgload', 'PackageLoader',
-               'show_config'])
+    __all__.extend(['__version__', 'show_config'])
     __all__.extend(core.__all__)
     __all__.extend(_mat.__all__)
     __all__.extend(lib.__all__)
diff --git a/numpy/_import_tools.py b/numpy/_import_tools.py
