numpy · mattip · Jan 6, 2020 · Jan 4, 2020
diff --git a/numpy/core/_add_newdocs.py b/numpy/core/_add_newdocs.py
@@ -1034,7 +1034,7 @@
         A string containing the data.
     dtype : data-type, optional
         The data type of the array; default: float.  For binary input data,
-        the data must be in exactly this format. Most builtin numeric types are 
+        the data must be in exactly this format. Most builtin numeric types are
         supported and extension types may be supported.
 
         .. versionadded:: 1.18.0
@@ -1484,59 +1484,6 @@
 
     """)
 
-if sys.version_info.major < 3:
-    add_newdoc('numpy.core.multiarray', 'newbuffer',
-        """
-        newbuffer(size)
-
-        Return a new uninitialized buffer object.
-
-        Parameters
        ----------
-        size : int
-            Size in bytes of returned buffer object.
-
-        Returns
-        -------
-        newbuffer : buffer object
-            Returned, uninitialized buffer object of `size` bytes.
-
-        """)
-
-    add_newdoc('numpy.core.multiarray', 'getbuffer',
-        """
-        getbuffer(obj [,offset[, size]])
-
-        Create a buffer object from the given object referencing a slice of
-        length size starting at offset.
-
-        Default is the entire buffer. A read-write buffer is attempted followed
-        by a read-only buffer.
-
-        Parameters
-        ----------
-        obj : object
-
-        offset : int, optional
-
-        size : int, optional
-
-        Returns
-        -------
-        buffer_obj : buffer
-
-        Examples
-        --------
-        >>> buf = np.getbuffer(np.ones(5), 1, 3)
-        >>> len(buf)
-        3
-        >>> buf[0]
-        '\\x00'
-        >>> buf
-        <read-write buffer for 0x8af1e70, size 3, offset 1 at 0x8ba4ec0>
-
-        """)
-
 add_newdoc('numpy.core.multiarray', 'c_einsum',
     """
     c_einsum(subscripts, *operands, out=None, dtype=None, order='K',
@@ -3951,7 +3898,7 @@
 
     Examples
     --------
-    For a 1D array, ``a.tolist()`` is almost the same as ``list(a)``, 
+    For a 1D array, ``a.tolist()`` is almost the same as ``list(a)``,
     except that ``tolist`` changes numpy scalars to Python scalars:
 
     >>> a = np.uint32([1, 2])

diff --git a/numpy/core/multiarray.py b/numpy/core/multiarray.py
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@
     'set_string_function', 'set_typeDict', 'shares_memory', 'test_interrupt',
     'tracemalloc_domain', 'typeinfo', 'unpackbits', 'unravel_index', 'vdot',
     'where', 'zeros']
-if sys.version_info.major < 3:
-    __all__ += ['newbuffer', 'getbuffer']
 
 # For backward compatibility, make sure pickle imports these functions from here
 _reconstruct.__module__ = 'numpy.core.multiarray'

diff --git a/numpy/core/numeric.py b/numpy/core/numeric.py
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
     min_scalar_type, ndarray, nditer, nested_iters, promote_types,
     putmask, result_type, set_numeric_ops, shares_memory, vdot, where,
     zeros, normalize_axis_index)
-if sys.version_info[0] < 3:
-    from .multiarray import newbuffer, getbuffer
 
 from . import overrides
 from . import umath
@@ -65,9 +63,6 @@
     'matmul', 'shares_memory', 'may_share_memory', 'MAY_SHARE_BOUNDS',
     'MAY_SHARE_EXACT', 'TooHardError', 'AxisError']
 
-if sys.version_info[0] < 3:
-    __all__.extend(['getbuffer', 'newbuffer'])
-
 
 @set_module('numpy')
 class ComplexWarning(RuntimeWarning):

diff --git a/numpy/core/src/multiarray/multiarraymodule.c b/numpy/core/src/multiarray/multiarraymodule.c
@@ -3293,42 +3293,6 @@ array_datetime_data(PyObject *NPY_UNUSED(dummy), PyObject *args)
     return convert_datetime_metadata_to_tuple(meta);
 }
 
-#if !defined(NPY_PY3K)
-static PyObject *
-new_buffer(PyObject *NPY_UNUSED(dummy), PyObject *args)
-{
-    int size;
-
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "i:buffer", &size)) {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-    return PyBuffer_New(size);
-}
-
-static PyObject *
-buffer_buffer(PyObject *NPY_UNUSED(dummy), PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
-{
-    PyObject *obj;
-    Py_ssize_t offset = 0, n;
-    Py_ssize_t size = Py_END_OF_BUFFER;
-    void *unused;
-    static char *kwlist[] = {"object", "offset", "size", NULL};
-
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwds,
-                "O|" NPY_SSIZE_T_PYFMT NPY_SSIZE_T_PYFMT ":get_buffer", kwlist,
-                &obj, &offset, &size)) {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-    if (PyObject_AsWriteBuffer(obj, &unused, &n) < 0) {
-        PyErr_Clear();
-        return PyBuffer_FromObject(obj, offset, size);
-    }
-    else {
-        return PyBuffer_FromReadWriteObject(obj, offset, size);
-    }
-}
-#endif
-
 /*
  * Prints floating-point scalars using the Dragon4 algorithm, scientific mode.
  * See docstring of `np.format_float_scientific` for description of arguments.
@@ -4137,14 +4101,6 @@ static struct PyMethodDef array_module_methods[] = {
     {"is_busday",
         (PyCFunction)array_is_busday,
         METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS, NULL},
-#if !defined(NPY_PY3K)
-    {"newbuffer",
-        (PyCFunction)new_buffer,
-        METH_VARARGS, NULL},
-    {"getbuffer",
-        (PyCFunction)buffer_buffer,
-        METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS, NULL},
-#endif
     {"format_longfloat",
         (PyCFunction)format_longfloat,
         METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS, NULL},