1 files changed, 0 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/src/libcore/io.rs b/src/libcore/io.rs
index f61b622f088..0c723fc8c63 100644
--- a/src/libcore/io.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/io.rs
@@ -650,24 +650,6 @@ fn read_whole_file_str(file: str) -> result<str, str> {
     })
 }
 
-/*
-  Returns the result as a unique boxed string rather than a string
- */
-fn read_whole_file_ref(file: str) -> result<~str, str> {
-     let f = os::as_c_charp(file, {|pathbuf|
-        os::as_c_charp("r", {|modebuf|
-            libc::fopen(pathbuf, modebuf)
-        })
-    });
-    ret if f as uint == 0u { result::err("error opening " + file) }
-        else unsafe {
-        let buf : ~mut [const u8] = ~mut [const];
-        let self = FILE_reader(f, true);
-        while (!self.eof()) { *buf += self.read_bytes(2048u); }
-        result::ok(str::unsafe::from_bytes_move(buf))
-    }
-}
-
 // FIXME implement this in a low-level way. Going through the abstractions is
 // pointless. // #2004
 fn read_whole_file(file: str) -> result<[u8], str> {