Change how plugins are initialized. No more Plugin. Now coverage_init.

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 23 deletions

diff --git a/coverage/misc.py b/coverage/misc.py
index 0dad0559..21b7333c 100644
--- a/coverage/misc.py
+++ b/coverage/misc.py
@@ -158,29 +158,6 @@ class Hasher(object):
         return self.md5.hexdigest()
 
 
-def overrides(obj, method_name, base_class):
-    """Does `obj` override the `method_name` it got from `base_class`?
-
-    Determine if `obj` implements the method called `method_name`, which it
-    inherited from `base_class`.
-
-    Returns a boolean.
-
-    """
-    klass = obj.__class__
-    klass_func = getattr(klass, method_name)
-    base_func = getattr(base_class, method_name)
-
-    # Python 2/3 compatibility: Python 2 returns an instancemethod object, the
-    # function is the .im_func attribute.  Python 3 returns a plain function
-    # object already.
-    if env.PY2:
-        klass_func = klass_func.im_func
-        base_func = base_func.im_func
-
-    return klass_func is not base_func
-
-
 # TODO: abc?
 def _needs_to_implement(that, func_name):
     """Helper to raise NotImplementedError in interface stubs."""