Remove RDoc::Comment#remove_private

It was changed in b92986a and can now be removed entirely

Author: Earlopain

lib/rdoc/comment.rb

@@ -187,28 +187,6 @@ def parse
     @document
   end
 
-  ##
-  # Removes private sections from this comment.  Private sections are flush to
-  # the comment marker and start with <tt>--</tt> and end with <tt>++</tt>.
-  # For C-style comments, a private marker may not start at the opening of the
-  # comment.
-  #
-  #   /*
-  #    *--
-  #    * private
-  #    *++
-  #    * public
-  #    */
-
-  def remove_private
-    # Workaround for gsub encoding for Ruby 1.9.2 and earlier
-    empty = ''
-    empty = RDoc::Encoding.change_encoding empty, @text.encoding
-
-    @text = @text.gsub(%r%^\s*([#*]?)--.*?^\s*(\1)\+\+\n?%m, empty)
-    @text = @text.sub(%r%^\s*[#*]?--.*%m, '')
-  end
-
   ##
   # Replaces this comment's text with +text+ and resets the parsed document.
   #

test/rdoc/rdoc_comment_test.rb

@@ -324,159 +324,6 @@ def test_parse_rd
     assert_equal expected, c.parse
   end
 
-  def test_remove_private_encoding
-    comment = RDoc::Comment.new <<-EOS, @top_level
-# This is text
-#--
-# this is private
-    EOS
-
-    comment = RDoc::Encoding.change_encoding comment, Encoding::IBM437
-
-    comment.remove_private
-
-    assert_equal Encoding::IBM437, comment.text.encoding
-  end
-
-  def test_remove_private_hash
-    @comment.text = <<-TEXT
-#--
-# private
-#++
-# public
-    TEXT
-
-    @comment.remove_private
-
-    assert_equal "# public\n", @comment.text
-  end
-
-  def test_remove_private_hash_trail
-    comment = RDoc::Comment.new <<-EOS, @top_level
-# This is text
-#--
-# this is private
-    EOS
-
-    expected = RDoc::Comment.new <<-EOS, @top_level
-# This is text
-    EOS
-
-    comment.remove_private
-
-    assert_equal expected, comment
-  end
-
-  def test_remove_private_long
-    comment = RDoc::Comment.new <<-EOS, @top_level
-#-----
-#++
-# this is text
-#-----
-    EOS
-
-    expected = RDoc::Comment.new <<-EOS, @top_level
-# this is text
-    EOS
-
-    comment.remove_private
-
-    assert_equal expected, comment
-  end
-
-  def test_remove_private_rule
-    comment = RDoc::Comment.new <<-EOS, @top_level
-# This is text with a rule:
-# ---
-# this is also text
-    EOS
-
-    expected = comment.dup
-
-    comment.remove_private
-
-    assert_equal expected, comment
-  end
-
-  def test_remove_private_star
-    @comment.text = <<-TEXT
-/*
- *--
- * private
- *++
- * public
- */
-    TEXT
-
-    @comment.remove_private
-
-    assert_equal "/*\n * public\n */\n", @comment.text
-  end
-
-  def test_remove_private_star2
-    @comment.text = <<-TEXT
-/*--
- * private
- *++
- * public
- */
-    TEXT
-
-    @comment.remove_private
-
-    assert_equal "/*--\n * private\n *++\n * public\n */\n", @comment.text
-  end
-
-  def test_remove_private_toggle
-    comment = RDoc::Comment.new <<-EOS, @top_level
-# This is text
-#--
-# this is private
-#++
-# This is text again.
-    EOS
-
-    expected = RDoc::Comment.new <<-EOS, @top_level
-# This is text
-# This is text again.
-    EOS
-
-    comment.remove_private
-
-    assert_equal expected, comment
-  end
-
-  def test_remove_private_toggle_encoding
-    comment = RDoc::Comment.new <<-EOS, @top_level
-# This is text
-#--
-# this is private
-#++
-# This is text again.
-    EOS
-
-    comment = RDoc::Encoding.change_encoding comment, Encoding::IBM437
-
-    comment.remove_private
-
-    assert_equal Encoding::IBM437, comment.text.encoding
-  end
-
-  def test_remove_private_toggle_encoding_ruby_bug?
-    comment = RDoc::Comment.new <<-EOS, @top_level
-#--
-# this is private
-#++
-# This is text again.
-    EOS
-
-    comment = RDoc::Encoding.change_encoding comment, Encoding::IBM437
-
-    comment.remove_private
-
-    assert_equal Encoding::IBM437, comment.text.encoding
-  end
-
   def test_parse_directives
     comment = <<~COMMENT
       comment1