Refs #23276 -- Removed passing views as strings to url() per deprecation timeline.

2 files changed, 3 insertions, 29 deletions

diff --git a/django/conf/urls/__init__.py b/django/conf/urls/__init__.py
index d63dbe9213..f9cd305ece 100644
--- a/django/conf/urls/__init__.py
+++ b/django/conf/urls/__init__.py
@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@ from django.core.urlresolvers import (
     LocaleRegexURLResolver, RegexURLPattern, RegexURLResolver,
 )
 from django.utils import six
-from django.utils.deprecation import (
-    RemovedInDjango20Warning, RemovedInDjango110Warning,
-)
+from django.utils.deprecation import RemovedInDjango20Warning
 
 __all__ = ['handler400', 'handler403', 'handler404', 'handler500', 'include', 'url']
 
@@ -76,21 +74,10 @@ def include(arg, namespace=None, app_name=None):
     return (urlconf_module, app_name, namespace)
 
 
-def url(regex, view, kwargs=None, name=None, prefix=''):
+def url(regex, view, kwargs=None, name=None):
     if isinstance(view, (list, tuple)):
         # For include(...) processing.
         urlconf_module, app_name, namespace = view
         return RegexURLResolver(regex, urlconf_module, kwargs, app_name=app_name, namespace=namespace)
     else:
-        if isinstance(view, six.string_types):
-            warnings.warn(
-                'Support for string view arguments to url() is deprecated and '
-                'will be removed in Django 1.10 (got %s). Pass the callable '
-                'instead.' % view,
-                RemovedInDjango110Warning, stacklevel=2
-            )
-            if not view:
-                raise ImproperlyConfigured('Empty URL pattern view name not permitted (for pattern %r)' % regex)
-            if prefix:
-                view = prefix + '.' + view
         return RegexURLPattern(regex, view, kwargs, name)
diff --git a/docs/ref/urls.txt b/docs/ref/urls.txt
index 2b40c9eaf6..b1053c6f71 100644
--- a/docs/ref/urls.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/urls.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Helper function to return a URL pattern for serving files in debug mode::
 url()
 -----
 
-.. function:: url(regex, view, kwargs=None, name=None, prefix='')
+.. function:: url(regex, view, kwargs=None, name=None)
 
 ``urlpatterns`` should be a list of ``url()`` instances. For example::
 
@@ -35,25 +35,12 @@ url()
         ...
     ]
 
-This function takes five arguments, most of which are optional::
-
-    url(regex, view, kwargs=None, name=None, prefix='')
-
 The ``kwargs`` parameter allows you to pass additional arguments to the view
 function or method. See :ref:`views-extra-options` for an example.
 
 See :ref:`Naming URL patterns <naming-url-patterns>` for why the ``name``
 parameter is useful.
 
-.. deprecated:: 1.8
-
-    Support for string ``view`` arguments is deprecated and will be removed in
-    Django 1.10. Pass the callable  instead.
-
-    The ``prefix`` parameter has the same meaning as the first argument to
-    ``patterns()`` and is only relevant when you're passing a string as the
-    ``view`` parameter.
-
 include()
 ---------