Merge pull request #296 from alex/remove-unused

Remove unused function

paramiko/primes.py

@@ -20,31 +20,11 @@
 Utility functions for dealing with primes.
 """
 
-from Crypto.Util import number
-
 from paramiko import util
 from paramiko.py3compat import byte_mask, long
 from paramiko.ssh_exception import SSHException
 
 
-def _generate_prime(bits, rng):
-    """primtive attempt at prime generation"""
-    hbyte_mask = pow(2, bits % 8) - 1
-    while True:
-        # loop catches the case where we increment n into a higher bit-range
-        x = rng.read((bits + 7) // 8)
-        if hbyte_mask > 0:
-            x = byte_mask(x[0], hbyte_mask) + x[1:]
-        n = util.inflate_long(x, 1)
-        n |= 1
-        n |= (1 << (bits - 1))
-        while not number.isPrime(n):
-            n += 2
-        if util.bit_length(n) == bits:
-            break
-    return n
-
-
 def _roll_random(rng, n):
     """returns a random # from 0 to N-1"""
     bits = util.bit_length(n - 1)