CLN: Expunge stringify_seq() in favor of pprint_thing() in Index.format()

Author: y-p

pandas/core/common.py

@@ -733,11 +733,6 @@ def _stringify(col, encoding='UTF8'):
             pass
         return console_encode(col)
 
-def _stringify_seq(values):
-    if any(isinstance(x, unicode) for x in values):
-        return [_stringify(x) for x in values]
-    return [str(x) for x in values]
-
 def _maybe_make_list(obj):
     if obj is not None and not isinstance(obj, (tuple, list)):
         return [obj]

pandas/core/index.py

@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ def format(self, name=False):
             values = lib.maybe_convert_objects(values, safe=1)
 
         if values.dtype == np.object_:
-            result = com._stringify_seq(values)
+            result = [com.pprint_thing(x) for x in values]
         else:
             result = _trim_front(format_array(values, None, justify='left'))
         return header + result