Include char and unicode arrays

Jorge Fernandez Hernandez · Jorge Fernandez Hernandez · commit d15df547eb65 · 2026-06-25T13:34:21.000+02:00
diff --git a/astropy/io/votable/converters.py b/astropy/io/votable/converters.py
@@ -429,30 +429,6 @@ def parse(self, value, config=None, pos=None):
 
         return _make_masked_array(result, result_mask), False
 
-    def parse_parts(self, parts, config=None, pos=None):
-        result = []
-        result_mask = []
-        for part in parts:
-            v, m = self.char_parse(part, config, pos)
-            result.append(v)
-            result_mask.append(m)
-
-        result = np.array(result, dtype=self._char_format)
-        result_mask = np.array(result_mask, dtype="bool")
-
-        return result, result_mask
-
-    def char_parse(self, value, config=None, pos=None):
-        if len(value) > self._string_length:
-            vo_warn(W46, ("char", self._string_length), config, pos)
-
-        # Warn about non-ascii characters if warnings are enabled.
-        try:
-            value.encode("ascii")
-        except UnicodeEncodeError:
-            vo_warn(W55, (self.field_name, value), config, pos)
-        return value, False
-
     def binparse(self, read):
         items = self._parse_length(read)
 
@@ -783,29 +759,6 @@ def parse(self, value, config=None, pos=None):
 
         return _make_masked_array(result, result_mask), False
 
-    def parse_parts(self, parts, config=None, pos=None):
-        result = []
-        result_mask = []
-        for part in parts:
-            v, m = self.char_parse(part, config, pos)
-            result.append(v)
-            result_mask.append(m)
-
-        result = np.array(result, dtype=self._char_format)
-        result_mask = np.array(result_mask, dtype="bool")
-
-        return result, result_mask
-
-    def char_parse(self, value, config=None, pos=None):
-        if len(value) > self._string_length:
-            vo_warn(W46, ("unicodeChar", self._string_length), config, pos)
-
-        try:
-            value.encode("utf-16-be")
-        except UnicodeEncodeError:
-            vo_warn(W55, (self.field_name, value), config, pos)
-        return value, False
-
     def binparse(self, read):
         items = self._parse_length(read)
 
