Start building a dependency resolver for translation layers.

volatility/framework/plugins/__init__.py

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # TODO: Code to import all the py/pyc files available (but not both).
 # TODO: Code to return a none-instantiated list of plugin classes.
 
-import inspect
 import logging
 import os
 import sys
@@ -11,16 +10,6 @@ import volatility.plugins as plugins
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-def class_subclasses(cls):
-    """Returns all the (recursive) subclasses of a given class"""
-    if not inspect.isclass(cls):
-        raise TypeError(repr(cls) + " is not a class.")
-    for clazz in cls.__subclasses__():
-        yield clazz
-        for return_value in class_subclasses(clazz):
-            yield return_value
-
-
 def import_plugins():
     """Imports all plugins present under plugins path"""
     if not isinstance(plugins.__path__, list):