Merge branch 'develop' into feature/covobs

pyerrors/obs.py

@@ -1578,38 +1578,6 @@ def pseudo_Obs(value, dvalue, name, samples=1000):
         return res
 
 
-def dump_object(obj, name, **kwargs):
-    """Dump object into pickle file.
-
-    Parameters
-    ----------
-    obj : object
-        object to be saved in the pickle file
-    name : str
-        name of the file
-    path : str
-        specifies a custom path for the file (default '.')
-    """
-    if 'path' in kwargs:
-        file_name = kwargs.get('path') + '/' + name + '.p'
-    else:
-        file_name = name + '.p'
-    with open(file_name, 'wb') as fb:
-        pickle.dump(obj, fb)
-
-
-def load_object(path):
-    """Load object from pickle file.
-
-    Parameters
-    ----------
-    path : str
-        path to the file
-    """
-    with open(path, 'rb') as file:
-        return pickle.load(file)
-
-
 def import_jackknife(jacks, name, idl=None):
     """Imports jackknife samples and returns an Obs