From 6a42ba8ae8a779fed9f8aa7987c3ebe0d2a78eb7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Anthony Sottile <asottile@umich.edu>
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2020 15:37:10 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Remove unused _signature_get_bound_param

last referenced in 57d240ef645c4d78432ce722844c150e5ba25fbb
---
 Lib/inspect.py                                | 23 -------------------
 Lib/test/test_inspect.py                      |  7 ------
 .../2020-07-30-14-37-15.bpo-20684.qV35GU.rst  |  2 ++
 3 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-07-30-14-37-15.bpo-20684.qV35GU.rst

diff --git a/Lib/inspect.py b/Lib/inspect.py
index 887a3424057b6e..3a157f6b355701 100644
--- a/Lib/inspect.py
+++ b/Lib/inspect.py
@@ -1886,29 +1886,6 @@ def _signature_is_functionlike(obj):
             isinstance(annotations, dict))
 
 
-def _signature_get_bound_param(spec):
-    """ Private helper to get first parameter name from a
-    __text_signature__ of a builtin method, which should
-    be in the following format: '($param1, ...)'.
-    Assumptions are that the first argument won't have
-    a default value or an annotation.
-    """
-
-    assert spec.startswith('($')
-
-    pos = spec.find(',')
-    if pos == -1:
-        pos = spec.find(')')
-
-    cpos = spec.find(':')
-    assert cpos == -1 or cpos > pos
-
-    cpos = spec.find('=')
-    assert cpos == -1 or cpos > pos
-
-    return spec[2:pos]
-
-
 def _signature_strip_non_python_syntax(signature):
     """
     Private helper function. Takes a signature in Argument Clinic's
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_inspect.py b/Lib/test/test_inspect.py
index 6667dc91edbcec..f803b79f12a72a 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_inspect.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_inspect.py
@@ -3735,13 +3735,6 @@ def foo(a): pass
         self.assertIs(type(ba.arguments), dict)
 
 class TestSignaturePrivateHelpers(unittest.TestCase):
-    def test_signature_get_bound_param(self):
-        getter = inspect._signature_get_bound_param
-
-        self.assertEqual(getter('($self)'), 'self')
-        self.assertEqual(getter('($self, obj)'), 'self')
-        self.assertEqual(getter('($cls, /, obj)'), 'cls')
-
     def _strip_non_python_syntax(self, input,
         clean_signature, self_parameter, last_positional_only):
         computed_clean_signature, \
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-07-30-14-37-15.bpo-20684.qV35GU.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-07-30-14-37-15.bpo-20684.qV35GU.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..56bc1e4cb4ef06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-07-30-14-37-15.bpo-20684.qV35GU.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Remove unused ``_signature_get_bound_param`` function from :mod:`inspect` -
+by Anthony Sottile.