From ea9bfd096c5a037ac83f8924027a16651b191a35 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vincenzo Eduardo Padulano <vincenzo.eduardo.padulano@cern.ch>
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2025 17:49:32 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [tree] Remove unused method TChain::Loop

The equivalent TTree method was removed 22 years ago https://github.com/root-project/root/commit/5621165b06fd8a2bbffbe22009b9e66dd522d81b .
---
 tree/tree/inc/TChain.h   |  3 +--
 tree/tree/src/TChain.cxx | 44 ----------------------------------------
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 46 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tree/tree/inc/TChain.h b/tree/tree/inc/TChain.h
index 31e9b2a02516e..8d362124ec261 100644
--- a/tree/tree/inc/TChain.h
+++ b/tree/tree/inc/TChain.h
@@ -127,8 +127,7 @@ class TChain : public TTree {
    bool      InPlaceClone(TDirectory *newdirectory, const char *options = "") override;
    Int_t     LoadBaskets(Long64_t maxmemory) override;
    Long64_t  LoadTree(Long64_t entry) override;
-           void      Lookup(bool force = false);
-   virtual void      Loop(Option_t *option="", Long64_t nentries=kMaxEntries, Long64_t firstentry=0); // *MENU*
+   void      Lookup(bool force = false);
    void      ls(Option_t *option="") const override;
    virtual Long64_t  Merge(const char *name, Option_t *option = "");
    Long64_t  Merge(TCollection *list, Option_t *option = "") override;
diff --git a/tree/tree/src/TChain.cxx b/tree/tree/src/TChain.cxx
index 2ef501117ffe1..fc536792ac7c2 100644
--- a/tree/tree/src/TChain.cxx
+++ b/tree/tree/src/TChain.cxx
@@ -1804,50 +1804,6 @@ void TChain::Lookup(bool force)
    SafeDelete(stg);
 }
 
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-/// Loop on nentries of this chain starting at firstentry.  (NOT IMPLEMENTED)
-
-void TChain::Loop(Option_t* option, Long64_t nentries, Long64_t firstentry)
-{
-   Error("Loop", "Function not yet implemented");
-
-   if (option || nentries || firstentry) { }  // keep warnings away
-
-#if 0
-   if (LoadTree(firstentry) < 0) return;
-
-   if (firstentry < 0) firstentry = 0;
-   Long64_t lastentry = firstentry + nentries -1;
-   if (lastentry > fEntries-1) {
-      lastentry = fEntries -1;
-   }
-
-   GetPlayer();
-   GetSelector();
-   fSelector->Start(option);
-
-   Long64_t entry = firstentry;
-   Int_t tree,e0,en;
-   for (tree=0;tree<fNtrees;tree++) {
-      e0 = fTreeOffset[tree];
-      en = fTreeOffset[tree+1] - 1;
-      if (en > lastentry) en = lastentry;
-      if (entry > en) continue;
-
-      LoadTree(entry);
-      fSelector->BeginFile();
-
-      while (entry <= en) {
-         fSelector->Execute(fTree, entry - e0);
-         entry++;
-      }
-      fSelector->EndFile();
-   }
-
-   fSelector->Finish(option);
-#endif
-}
-
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 /// List the chain.