Remove deprecated RateLimit.instance method

README.md

@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ Here are some fun facts about the 3.0 release:
 
 * The entire library is implemented in just 2,000 lines of code
 * With over 5,000 lines of specs, the spec-to-code ratio is over 2.5:1
-* The spec suite contains 668 examples and runs in under 2 seconds on a MacBook
+* The spec suite contains 667 examples and runs in under 2 seconds on a MacBook
 * This project has 100% C0 code coverage (the tests execute every line of
   source code at least once)
 * At the time of release, this library is comprehensive: you can request all

lib/twitter/rate_limit.rb

@@ -3,12 +3,6 @@ class RateLimit
     attr_reader :attrs
     alias to_hash attrs
 
-    # @deprecated This method exists to provide backwards compatibility to when
-    #   Twitter::RateLimit was a singleton. Safe to remove in version 4.
-    def self.instance
-      Twitter.rate_limit
-    end
-
     # @return [Twitter::RateLimit]
     def initialize(attrs={})
       @attrs = attrs

spec/twitter/rate_limit_spec.rb

@@ -2,13 +2,6 @@
 
 describe Twitter::RateLimit do
 
-  describe ".instance" do
-    it "delegates to Twitter.rate_limit" do
-      rate_limit = Twitter::RateLimit.instance
-      rate_limit.should eq Twitter.rate_limit
-    end
-  end
-
   describe "#limit" do
     it "returns an Integer when x-rate-limit-limit header is set" do
       rate_limit = Twitter::RateLimit.new('x-rate-limit-limit' => "150")