MAINT: Remove now-unnecessary implementation of matrix str/repr

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/numpy/matrixlib/defmatrix.py b/numpy/matrixlib/defmatrix.py
index 08e867dea..1f5c94921 100644
--- a/numpy/matrixlib/defmatrix.py
+++ b/numpy/matrixlib/defmatrix.py
@@ -328,19 +328,6 @@ class matrix(N.ndarray):
     def __rpow__(self, other):
         return NotImplemented
 
-    def __repr__(self):
-        s = repr(self.__array__()).replace('array', 'matrix')
-        # now, 'matrix' has 6 letters, and 'array' 5, so the columns don't
-        # line up anymore. We need to add a space.
-        l = s.splitlines()
-        for i in range(1, len(l)):
-            if l[i]:
-                l[i] = ' ' + l[i]
-        return '\n'.join(l)
-
-    def __str__(self):
-        return str(self.__array__())
-
     def _align(self, axis):
         """A convenience function for operations that need to preserve axis
         orientation.