From 81f1445d24e397a2032d178506164e8687653f09 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Luke Zoltan Kelley <lzkelley@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2024 15:03:14 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Remove deprecated function '__get_subclass_instance'

---
 holodeck/utils.py | 47 -----------------------------------------------
 1 file changed, 47 deletions(-)

diff --git a/holodeck/utils.py b/holodeck/utils.py
index 9420f16c..9853f78f 100644
--- a/holodeck/utils.py
+++ b/holodeck/utils.py
@@ -2372,53 +2372,6 @@ def scatter_redistribute(cents, dist, dens, axis=0):
     pass
 
 
-@deprecated_pass(get_subclass_instance)
-def _get_subclass_instance(value, default, superclass):
-    """Convert the given `value` into a subclass instance.
-
-    `None` ==> instance from `default` class
-    Class ==> instance from that class
-    instance ==> check that this is an instance of a subclass of `superclass`, error if not
-
-    Parameters
-    ----------
-    value : object,
-        Object to convert into a class instance.
-    default : class,
-        Default class constructor to use if `value` is None.
-    superclass : class,
-        Super/parent class to compare against the class instance from `value` or `default`.
-        If the class instance is not a subclass of `superclass`, a ValueError is raised.
-
-    Returns
-    -------
-    value : object,
-        Class instance that is a subclass of `superclass`.
-
-    Raises
-    ------
-    ValueError : if the class instance is not a subclass of `superclass`.
-
-    """
-    import inspect
-
-    # Set `value` to a default, if needed and it is given
-    if (value is None) and (default is not None):
-        value = default
-
-    # If `value` is a class (constructor), then construct an instance from it
-    if inspect.isclass(value):
-        value = value()
-
-    # Raise an error if `value` is not a subclass of `superclass`
-    if not isinstance(value, superclass):
-        err = f"argument ({value}) must be an instance or subclass of `{superclass}`!"
-        log.error(err)
-        raise ValueError(err)
-
-    return value
-
-
 #! DEPRECATED
 def nyquist_freqs(dur, cad):
     """DEPRECATED.  Use `holodeck.utils.pta_freqs` instead.