Add public API to retrieve scope from element.

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/src/Compiler.js b/src/Compiler.js
index 472ec625..d1505404 100644
--- a/src/Compiler.js
+++ b/src/Compiler.js
@@ -69,18 +69,6 @@ Template.prototype = {
   }
 };
 
-/*
- * Function walks up the element chain looking for the scope associated with the give element.
- */
-function retrieveScope(element) {
-  var scope;
-  element = jqLite(element);
-  while (element && element.length && !(scope = element.data($$scope))) {
-    element = element.parent();
-  }
-  return scope;
-}
-
 ///////////////////////////////////
 //Compiler
 //////////////////////////////////