MAINT: Eliminate the private `numerictypes._typestr`

This was used internally only by a private function that is also unused.
The loop adding type aliases was shown by #12007 to have no effect.

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 19 deletions

diff --git a/numpy/ma/mrecords.py b/numpy/ma/mrecords.py
index 90a5141b3..daf2f8770 100644
--- a/numpy/ma/mrecords.py
+++ b/numpy/ma/mrecords.py
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ from numpy.core.records import (
         )
 
 _byteorderconv = np.core.records._byteorderconv
-_typestr = ntypes._typestr
 
 import numpy.ma as ma
 from numpy.ma import (
@@ -48,24 +47,6 @@ __all__ = [
 reserved_fields = ['_data', '_mask', '_fieldmask', 'dtype']
 
 
-def _getformats(data):
-    """
-    Returns the formats of arrays in arraylist as a comma-separated string.
-
-    """
-    if hasattr(data, 'dtype'):
-        return ",".join([desc[1] for desc in data.dtype.descr])
-
-    formats = ''
-    for obj in data:
-        obj = np.asarray(obj)
-        formats += _typestr[obj.dtype.type]
-        if issubclass(obj.dtype.type, ntypes.flexible):
-            formats += repr(obj.itemsize)
-        formats += ','
-    return formats[:-1]
-
-
 def _checknames(descr, names=None):
     """
     Checks that field names ``descr`` are not reserved keywords.