Remove buffer

Author: Harmon758

smmap/mman.py

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
     MapRegion,
     MapRegionList,
     is_64_bit,
-    buffer,
 )
 
 import sys
@@ -160,7 +159,7 @@ def buffer(self):
 
         **Note:** buffers should not be cached passed the duration of your access as it will
         prevent resources from being freed even though they might not be accounted for anymore !"""
-        return buffer(self._region.buffer(), self._ofs, self._size)
+        return memoryview(self._region.buffer())[self._ofs:self._ofs+self._size]
 
     def map(self):
         """

smmap/util.py

@@ -5,22 +5,11 @@
 from mmap import mmap, ACCESS_READ
 from mmap import ALLOCATIONGRANULARITY
 
-__all__ = ["align_to_mmap", "is_64_bit", "buffer",
+__all__ = ["align_to_mmap", "is_64_bit",
            "MapWindow", "MapRegion", "MapRegionList", "ALLOCATIONGRANULARITY"]
 
 #{ Utilities
 
-try:
-    # Python 2
-    buffer = buffer
-except NameError:
-    # Python 3 has no `buffer`; only `memoryview`
-    def buffer(obj, offset, size):
-        # Actually, for gitpython this is fastest ... .
-        return memoryview(obj)[offset:offset+size]
-        # doing it directly is much faster !
-        # return obj[offset:offset + size]
-
 
 def align_to_mmap(num, round_up):
     """