no point in using makefh() now; remove

tests/test_utils.py

@@ -251,18 +251,5 @@ class Test_att_statinfo(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_max_mtime(self):
         pass
 
-
-class Test_makefh(unittest.TestCase):
-
-    def test_makefh(self):
-        f = ntf(prefix='tldp-makefh-openfile-test-', delete=False)
-        # fprime = makefh(f.file)
-        # self.assertIs(f, fprime)
-        # del fprime
-        f.close()
-        fprime = makefh(f.name)
-        self.assertIs(f.name, fprime.name)
-        os.unlink(f.name)
-
 #
 # -- end of file

tldp/utils.py

@@ -231,18 +231,6 @@ http://stackoverflow.com/questions/377017/test-if-executable-exists-in-python/37
     return None
 
 
-def makefh(thing):
-    '''return a file object; given an existing filename name or file object'''
-    if isinstance(thing, io.IOBase):
-        f = thing
-    elif isinstance(thing, str) and os.path.isfile(thing):
-        f = open(thing)
-    else:
-        raise TypeError("Cannot make file from %s of %r" %
-                        (type(thing), thing,))
-    return f
-
-
 def statfile(name):
     '''return posix.stat_result (or None) for a single file name'''
     try: