[pylint.message] Remove MessageStore.add_renamed_message

It was only used in tests never in code.

2 files changed, 0 insertions, 26 deletions

diff --git a/pylint/message/message_store.py b/pylint/message/message_store.py
index 32786f047..2215ae867 100644
--- a/pylint/message/message_store.py
+++ b/pylint/message/message_store.py
@@ -35,15 +35,6 @@ class MessagesStore:
         """The list of all active messages."""
         return self._messages_definitions.values()
 
-    def add_renamed_message(self, old_id, old_symbol, new_symbol):
-        """Register the old ID and symbol for a warning that was renamed.
-
-        This allows users to keep using the old ID/symbol in suppressions.
-        """
-        message_definition = self.get_message_definitions(new_symbol)[0]
-        message_definition.old_names.append((old_id, old_symbol))
-        self._register_alternative_name(message_definition, old_id, old_symbol)
-
     def register_messages_from_checker(self, checker):
         """Register all messages from a checker.
 
diff --git a/tests/message/unittest_message_store.py b/tests/message/unittest_message_store.py
index 732cb7872..0ad0ff7c6 100644
--- a/tests/message/unittest_message_store.py
+++ b/tests/message/unittest_message_store.py
@@ -115,23 +115,6 @@ class TestMessagesStore(object):
         # cursory examination of the output: we're mostly testing it completes
         assert ":msg-symbol (W1234): *message*" in output.getvalue()
 
-    def test_add_renamed_message(self, store):
-        store.add_renamed_message("W1234", "old-bad-name", "msg-symbol")
-        assert "msg-symbol" == store.get_message_definitions("W1234")[0].symbol
-        assert "msg-symbol" == store.get_message_definitions("old-bad-name")[0].symbol
-
-    def test_add_renamed_message_invalid(self, store):
-        # conflicting message ID
-        with pytest.raises(InvalidMessageError) as cm:
-            store.add_renamed_message(
-                "W1234", "old-msg-symbol", "duplicate-keyword-arg"
-            )
-        expected = (
-            "Message id 'W1234' cannot have both 'msg-symbol' and 'old-msg-symbol' "
-            "as symbolic name."
-        )
-        assert str(cm.value) == expected
-
     def test_renamed_message_register(self, store):
         assert "msg-symbol" == store.get_message_definitions("W0001")[0].symbol
         assert "msg-symbol" == store.get_message_definitions("old-symbol")[0].symbol