Remove bordered() utility function (#5692)

redbot/core/utils/chat_formatting.py

@@ -200,71 +200,6 @@ def spoiler(text: str, escape_formatting: bool = True) -> str:
     return f"||{escape(text, formatting=escape_formatting)}||"
 
 
-def bordered(*columns: Sequence[str], ascii_border: bool = False) -> str:
-    """Get two blocks of text inside borders.
-
-    Note
-    ----
-    This will only work with a monospaced font.
-
-    Parameters
-    ----------
-    *columns : `sequence` of `str`
-        The columns of text, each being a list of lines in that column.
-    ascii_border : bool
-        Whether or not the border should be pure ASCII.
-
-    Returns
-    -------
-    str
-        The bordered text.
-
-    """
-    borders = {
-        "TL": "+" if ascii_border else "┌",  # Top-left
-        "TR": "+" if ascii_border else "┐",  # Top-right
-        "BL": "+" if ascii_border else "└",  # Bottom-left
-        "BR": "+" if ascii_border else "┘",  # Bottom-right
-        "HZ": "-" if ascii_border else "─",  # Horizontal
-        "VT": "|" if ascii_border else "│",  # Vertical
-    }
-
-    sep = " " * 4  # Separator between boxes
-    widths = tuple(max(len(row) for row in column) + 9 for column in columns)  # width of each col
-    colsdone = [False] * len(columns)  # whether or not each column is done
-    lines = [sep.join("{TL}" + "{HZ}" * width + "{TR}" for width in widths)]
-
-    for line in itertools.zip_longest(*columns):
-        row = []
-        for colidx, column in enumerate(line):
-            width = widths[colidx]
-            done = colsdone[colidx]
-            if column is None:
-                if not done:
-                    # bottom border of column
-                    column = "{HZ}" * width
-                    row.append("{BL}" + column + "{BR}")
-                    colsdone[colidx] = True  # mark column as done
-                else:
-                    # leave empty
-                    row.append(" " * (width + 2))
-            else:
-                column += " " * (width - len(column))  # append padded spaces
-                row.append("{VT}" + column + "{VT}")
-
-        lines.append(sep.join(row))
-
-    final_row = []
-    for width, done in zip(widths, colsdone):
-        if not done:
-            final_row.append("{BL}" + "{HZ}" * width + "{BR}")
-        else:
-            final_row.append(" " * (width + 2))
-    lines.append(sep.join(final_row))
-
-    return "\n".join(lines).format(**borders)
-
-
 def pagify(
     text: str,
     delims: Sequence[str] = ["\n"],