Revert introduction of `core.publish_bytes()` and `io.BytesOutput`.

git-svn-id: https://svn.code.sf.net/p/docutils/code/trunk/docutils@9339 929543f6-e4f2-0310-98a6-ba3bd3dd1d04

2 files changed, 0 insertions, 57 deletions

diff --git a/docutils/core.py b/docutils/core.py
index d9a769557..b430240e4 100644
--- a/docutils/core.py
+++ b/docutils/core.py
@@ -474,43 +474,6 @@ def publish_string(source, source_path=None, destination_path=None,
     return output
 
 
-def publish_bytes(source, source_path=None, destination_path=None,
-                  reader=None, reader_name='standalone',
-                  parser=None, parser_name='restructuredtext',
-                  writer=None, writer_name='pseudoxml',
-                  settings=None, settings_spec=None,
-                  settings_overrides=None, config_section=None,
-                  enable_exit_status=False):
-    """
-    Set up & run a `Publisher` for programmatic use with string I/O.  Return
-    the encoded bytes.
-
-    Be sure to set the 'output_encoding' setting to the desired encoding.::
-
-        publish_bytes(..., settings_overrides={'output_encoding': 'latin1'})
-
-    Similarly for bytes input (`source`)::
-
-        publish_bytes(..., settings_overrides={'input_encoding': 'latin1'})
-
-    Parameters: see `publish_programmatically()`.
-
-    Provisional.
-    """
-    output, publisher = publish_programmatically(
-        source_class=io.StringInput, source=source, source_path=source_path,
-        destination_class=io.BytesOutput,
-        destination=None, destination_path=destination_path,
-        reader=reader, reader_name=reader_name,
-        parser=parser, parser_name=parser_name,
-        writer=writer, writer_name=writer_name,
-        settings=settings, settings_spec=settings_spec,
-        settings_overrides=settings_overrides,
-        config_section=config_section,
-        enable_exit_status=enable_exit_status)
-    return output
-
-
 def publish_parts(source, source_path=None, source_class=io.StringInput,
                   destination_path=None,
                   reader=None, reader_name='standalone',
diff --git a/docutils/io.py b/docutils/io.py
index 68fde9ae0..2162db2b3 100644
--- a/docutils/io.py
+++ b/docutils/io.py
@@ -629,26 +629,6 @@ class BinaryFileOutput(FileOutput):
     mode = 'wb'
 
 
-class BytesOutput(Output):
-
-    """
-    Direct binary output.
-    Provisional.
-    """
-
-    default_destination_path = '<bytes>'
-
-    def write(self, data):
-        """Encode `data`, store it in `self.destination`, and return it."""
-        self.destination = self.encode(data)
-        return self.destination
-
-    def encode(self, data):
-        if isinstance(data, bytes):
-            return data
-        return str(data).encode(self.encoding, self.error_handler)
-
-
 class StringInput(Input):
     """Input from a `str` or `bytes` instance."""