RE #27722 Remove py3compat init file code

Framework/PythonInterface/mantid/py3compat/__init__.py

@@ -6,102 +6,3 @@
 # SPDX - License - Identifier: GPL - 3.0 +
 #  This file is part of the mantid workbench.
 #
-#
-"""
-mantid.py3compat
-------------------
-
-Transitional module providing compatibility functions intended to help
-migrating from Python 2 to Python 3. Mostly just wraps six but allowing
-for additional functionality of our own.
-
-This module should be fully compatible with:
-    * Python >=v2.7
-    * Python 3
-"""
-
-import inspect
-import six
-from six import *  # noqa
-import sys
-
-# Enumerations are built in with Python 3
-try:
-    from enum import Enum
-except ImportError:
-    # use a compatability layer
-    from enum import Enum  # noqa
-
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Globals and constants
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-__all__ = dir(six)
-
-
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Library functions
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-if sys.version_info[0:2] < (3, 2):
-    setswitchinterval = sys.setcheckinterval
-else:
-    setswitchinterval = sys.setswitchinterval
-
-if sys.version_info[0:2] < (3, 5):
-    # getfullargspec deprecated up until python 3.5, so use getargspec
-    getfullargspec = inspect.getargspec
-else:
-    getfullargspec = inspect.getfullargspec
-
-
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# File manipulation
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-csv_open_type = 'w'
-
-
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Strings
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-if not hasattr(six, "ensure_str"):
-    # Ubuntu 16.04, Windows, and OSX Mantid builds have a version of six which
-    # doesn't include ensure_str
-    # ensure_str was added in six 1.12.0
-    def ensure_str(s, encoding='utf-8', errors='strict'):
-        """Coerce *s* to `str`.
-        For Python 2:
-          - `unicode` -> encoded to `str`
-          - `str` -> `str`
-        For Python 3:
-          - `str` -> `str`
-          - `bytes` -> decoded to `str`
-        """
-        if not isinstance(s, (text_type, binary_type)):
-            raise TypeError("not expecting type '%s'" % type(s))
-        if isinstance(s, text_type):
-            s = s.encode(encoding, errors)
-        elif isinstance(s, binary_type):
-            s = s.decode(encoding, errors)
-        return s
-
-
-def is_text_string(obj):
-    """Return True if `obj` is a text string, False if it is anything else,
-    like binary data (Python 3) or QString (Python 2, PyQt API #1)"""
-    return isinstance(obj, str)
-
-
-def to_text_string(obj, encoding=None):
-    """Convert `obj` to (unicode) text string"""
-
-    if encoding is None:
-        return str(obj)
-    elif isinstance(obj, str):
-        # In case this function is not used properly, this could happen
-        return obj
-    else:
-        return str(obj, encoding)
-
-
-def qbytearray_to_str(qba):
-    """Convert QByteArray object to str in a way compatible with Python 2/3"""
-    return str(bytes(qba.toHex().data()).decode())