remove unused method

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/sql/compiler.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/sql/compiler.py
index ded493642..f1d0e3294 100644
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/sql/compiler.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/sql/compiler.py
@@ -644,12 +644,6 @@ class DefaultCompiler(engine.Compiled, visitors.ClauseVisitor):
         self.postfetch = util.Set()
         self.prefetch = util.Set()
         
-        def to_col(key):
-            if not isinstance(key, sql._ColumnClause):
-                return stmt.table.columns.get(unicode(key), key)
-            else:
-                return key
-
         # no parameters in the statement, no parameters in the
         # compiled params - return binds for all columns
         if self.column_keys is None and stmt.parameters is None: