Remove support for "distance" library - it is unmaintained and the C …

…extension does not compile with recent Python versions

README.md

@@ -220,7 +220,6 @@ hamming('text', 'testit')
 
 Supported libraries:
 
-1. [Distance](https://github.com/doukremt/distance)
 1. [jellyfish](https://github.com/jamesturk/jellyfish)
 1. [py_stringmatching](https://github.com/anhaidgroup/py_stringmatching)
 1. [pylev](https://github.com/toastdriven/pylev)
@@ -248,7 +247,6 @@ Without extras installation:
 | Hamming            | Levenshtein           | 0.00038 |
 | Hamming            | rapidfuzz             | 0.00044 |
 | Hamming            | jellyfish             | 0.00091 |
-| Hamming            | distance              | 0.00812 |
 | Hamming            | **textdistance**      | 0.03531 |
 | Jaro               | rapidfuzz             | 0.00092 |
 | Jaro               | jellyfish             | 0.00191 |
@@ -260,7 +258,6 @@ Without extras installation:
 | Levenshtein        | Levenshtein           | 0.00122 |
 | Levenshtein        | jellyfish             | 0.00254 |
 | Levenshtein        | pylev                 | 0.15688 |
-| Levenshtein        | distance              | 0.28669 |
 | Levenshtein        | **textdistance**      | 0.53902 |
 
 Total: 24 libs.

setup.py

@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
         'pyxDamerauLevenshtein',
         'rapidfuzz>=2.6.0',
         # slow
-        'distance',
         'pylev',
         'py_stringmatching',
         # other
@@ -65,7 +64,6 @@
         'Levenshtein',          # only same length and strings
         'rapidfuzz>=2.6.0',     # only same length, any iterators of hashable elements
         'jellyfish',            # only strings, any length
-        'distance',             # only same length, any iterators
     ],
     'Jaro': [
         'rapidfuzz>=2.6.0',     # any iterators of hashable elements

textdistance/libraries.json

@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@
     [
       "jellyfish",
       "hamming_distance"
-    ],
-    [
-      "distance",
-      "hamming"
     ]
   ],
   "Jaro": [
@@ -71,10 +67,6 @@
     [
       "pylev",
       "levenshtein"
-    ],
-    [
-      "distance",
-      "levenshtein"
     ]
   ]
 }

textdistance/libraries.py

@@ -173,7 +173,6 @@ class SameLengthTextLibrary(SameLengthLibrary, TextLibrary):
 reg(alg, LibraryBase('rapidfuzz.distance.OSA', 'distance', conditions=dict(restricted=True)))
 
 alg = 'Hamming'
-reg(alg, SameLengthLibrary('distance', 'hamming'))
 reg(alg, SameLengthTextLibrary('Levenshtein', 'hamming'))
 reg(alg, TextLibrary('jellyfish', 'hamming_distance'))
 reg(alg, SameLengthLibrary('rapidfuzz.distance.Hamming', 'distance'))
@@ -192,7 +191,6 @@ class SameLengthTextLibrary(SameLengthLibrary, TextLibrary):
 # reg(alg, TextLibrary('Levenshtein', 'jaro_winkler', conditions=dict(winklerize=True)))
 
 alg = 'Levenshtein'
-reg(alg, LibraryBase('distance', 'levenshtein'))
 reg(alg, LibraryBase('pylev', 'levenshtein'))
 reg(alg, TextLibrary('jellyfish', 'levenshtein_distance'))
 reg(alg, TextLibrary('Levenshtein', 'distance'))