- Cleanups: My evil plot of making ex::bp private may finally be carried

[ginac.git] / ginac / symbol.h

diff --git a/ginac/symbol.h b/ginac/symbol.h
index 2d9ec3ba974b7886b2059ac127cc966da1f2d39a..fb4b99e1588c8e9c8a258038451ddfdbd97752f4 100644 (file)
--- a/ginac/symbol.h
+++ b/ginac/symbol.h
@@ -113,18 +113,6 @@ private:
 
 // utility functions
 
-/** Return the symbol object handled by an ex.  Deprecated: use ex_to<symbol>().
- *  This is unsafe: you need to check the type first. */
-inline const symbol &ex_to_symbol(const ex &e)
-{
-       return static_cast<const symbol &>(*e.bp);
-}
-
-inline symbol &ex_to_nonconst_symbol(const ex &e)
-{
-       return static_cast<symbol &>(*e.bp);
-}
-
 /** Specialization of is_exactly_a<symbol>(obj) for symbol objects. */
 template<> inline bool is_exactly_a<symbol>(const basic & obj)
 {