From e77780bc33251052cd704a1b8d6883704c98df60 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Smith <N/A>
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2024 19:01:36 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Removed AnsiStr.simplify() since that is automatically done

---
 src/ansi_string/ansi_string.py | 10 ++--------
 tests/test_ansi_str.py         |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/ansi_string/ansi_string.py b/src/ansi_string/ansi_string.py
index b578f66..96a32b6 100644
--- a/src/ansi_string/ansi_string.py
+++ b/src/ansi_string/ansi_string.py
@@ -1676,10 +1676,7 @@ def __new__(
         *settings:Union[AnsiFormat, AnsiSetting, str, int, list, tuple]
     ):
         if isinstance(s, AnsiString):
-            if settings:
-                ansi_string = AnsiString(s, *settings)
-            else:
-                ansi_string = s
+            ansi_string = s
         elif isinstance(s, AnsiStr):
             if settings:
                 ansi_string = AnsiString(s, *settings)
@@ -1691,6 +1688,7 @@ def __new__(
             ansi_string = AnsiString(s, *settings)
         else:
             raise TypeError('Invalid type for s')
+        ansi_string.simplify()
         instance = super().__new__(cls, str(ansi_string))
         instance.data = ansi_string.base_str
         return instance
@@ -1749,10 +1747,6 @@ def __getitem__(self, val:Union[int, slice]) -> 'AnsiStr':
         '''
         return AnsiStr(AnsiString(str(self)).__getitem__(val))
 
-    def simplify(self):
-        '''Attempts to simplify formatting by re-parsing the ANSI formatting data'''
-        return AnsiStr(str(self))
-
     def apply_formatting(
             self,
             settings:Union[AnsiFormat, AnsiSetting, str, int, list, tuple],
diff --git a/tests/test_ansi_str.py b/tests/test_ansi_str.py
index e83ba48..c106663 100755
--- a/tests/test_ansi_str.py
+++ b/tests/test_ansi_str.py
@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@ def test_join_first_arg_invalid_type(self):
     def test_simplify(self):
         s = AnsiStr('abc', 'green')
         s = s.apply_formatting('red')
-        s = s.simplify()
+        # String should automatically be simplified
         self.assertEqual(str(s), '\x1b[31mabc\x1b[m')
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':