CLN: remove compat.lrange (#26396)

Author: topper-123

pandas/compat/__init__.py

@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@
 
 Cross-compatible functions for different versions of Python.
 
-Key items to import for compatible code:
-* lists: lrange()
-
 Other items:
 * platform checker
 """
@@ -19,11 +16,6 @@
 PYPY = platform.python_implementation() == 'PyPy'
 
 
-# list-producing versions of the major Python iterating functions
-def lrange(*args, **kwargs):
-    return list(range(*args, **kwargs))
-
-
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # functions largely based / taken from the six module
 

pandas/plotting/_converter.py

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 from pandas._libs import lib, tslibs
 from pandas._libs.tslibs import resolution
 from pandas._libs.tslibs.frequencies import FreqGroup, get_freq
-from pandas.compat import lrange
 
 from pandas.core.dtypes.common import (
     is_datetime64_ns_dtype, is_float, is_float_dtype, is_integer,
@@ -1029,7 +1028,7 @@ def __call__(self):
             base = self.base
             (d, m) = divmod(vmin, base)
             vmin = (d + 1) * base
-            locs = lrange(vmin, vmax + 1, base)
+            locs = list(range(vmin, vmax + 1, base))
         return locs
 
     def autoscale(self):