[RFC] Remove leftover use of Carbon module from Lib/binhex.py

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BPO	6621
Nosy	@mdickinson
Superseder	bpo-2715: Remove carbon-specific code from binhex
Files	py3k-binhex.py-remove-carbon-module-use.patch: remove carbon use in binhex module

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GitHub fields: ```python assignee = None closed_at = created_at = labels = ['library'] title = '[RFC] Remove leftover use of Carbon module from Lib/binhex.py' updated_at = user = 'https://bugs.python.org/vincele' ``` bugs.python.org fields: ```python activity = actor = 'mark.dickinson' assignee = 'none' closed = True closed_date = closer = 'mark.dickinson' components = ['Library (Lib)'] creation = creator = 'vincele' dependencies = [] files = ['14623'] hgrepos = [] issue_num = 6621 keywords = ['patch'] message_count = 5.0 messages = ['91174', '91190', '91191', '91192', '91194'] nosy_count = 2.0 nosy_names = ['mark.dickinson', 'vincele'] pr_nums = [] priority = 'normal' resolution = 'duplicate' stage = None status = 'closed' superseder = '2715' type = None url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue6621' versions = ['Python 3.1', 'Python 3.2'] ```

[8a20ad3a-3581-43a0-ab8d-b04a0598832e]

The binhex module still has uses of the deprecated and now now removed Carbon module.

The attached patch 'fix' this by removing the code, something else may be required, but I don't know what.

So this is only a RFC to start discussion

[mdickinson]

As far as I can tell, it looks safe to just remove these two blocks.
There's a third block that should be removed as well (the second "if os.name == 'mac': ..." in the hexbin function.

[mdickinson]

This should be fixed in the 3.1 maintenance branch as well.

[mdickinson]

See also bpo-2715.

[mdickinson]

Closing as a duplicate of bpo-2715.