3 files changed, 26 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/coverage/control.py b/coverage/control.py
index 1191b9eb..3e04bace 100644
--- a/coverage/control.py
+++ b/coverage/control.py
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ from coverage.collector import Collector
 from coverage.config import CoverageConfig
 from coverage.data import CoverageData
 from coverage.debug import DebugControl
-from coverage.plugin import CoveragePlugin, Plugins, overrides
+from coverage.plugin import CoveragePlugin, Plugins
 from coverage.files import FileLocator, TreeMatcher, FnmatchMatcher
 from coverage.files import PathAliases, find_python_files, prep_patterns
 from coverage.html import HtmlReporter
 from coverage.misc import CoverageException, bool_or_none, join_regex
-from coverage.misc import file_be_gone
+from coverage.misc import file_be_gone, overrides
 from coverage.results import Analysis, Numbers
 from coverage.summary import SummaryReporter
 from coverage.xmlreport import XmlReporter
diff --git a/coverage/misc.py b/coverage/misc.py
index f9a30bc5..f0e043b9 100644
--- a/coverage/misc.py
+++ b/coverage/misc.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import errno
 import hashlib
 import inspect
 import os
+import sys
 
 from coverage.backward import string_class, to_bytes
 
@@ -135,6 +136,29 @@ 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 sys.version_info < (3, 0):
+        klass_func = klass_func.im_func
+        base_func = base_func.im_func
+
+    return klass_func is not base_func
+
+
 class CoverageException(Exception):
     """An exception specific to Coverage."""
     pass
diff --git a/coverage/plugin.py b/coverage/plugin.py
index 3d41aab9..1e6e2353 100644
--- a/coverage/plugin.py
+++ b/coverage/plugin.py
@@ -129,26 +129,3 @@ class Plugins(object):
 
     def get(self, module):
         return self.names[module]
-
-
-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 sys.version_info < (3, 0):
-        klass_func = klass_func.im_func
-        base_func = base_func.im_func
-
-    return klass_func is not base_func