Index: Misc/NEWS
===================================================================
--- Misc/NEWS	(revision 75065)
+++ Misc/NEWS	(working copy)
@@ -379,6 +379,8 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #6790: Removed 'read' and 'write' methods of array.array.
+
 - Issue #6236, #6348: Fix various failures in the `io` module under AIX
   and other platforms, when using a non-gcc compiler. Patch by egreen.
 
Index: Doc/library/array.rst
===================================================================
--- Doc/library/array.rst	(revision 75065)
+++ Doc/library/array.rst	(working copy)
@@ -191,18 +191,6 @@
    returned.
 
 
-.. method:: array.read(f, n)
-
-   .. deprecated:: 1.5.1
-      Use the :meth:`fromfile` method.
-
-   Read *n* items (as machine values) from the file object *f* and append them to
-   the end of the array.  If less than *n* items are available, :exc:`EOFError` is
-   raised, but the items that were available are still inserted into the array.
-   *f* must be a real built-in file object; something else with a :meth:`read`
-   method won't do.
-
-
 .. method:: array.remove(x)
 
    Remove the first occurrence of *x* from the array.
@@ -237,13 +225,6 @@
    obtain a unicode string from an array of some other type.
 
 
-.. method:: array.write(f)
-
-   .. deprecated:: 1.5.1
-      Use the :meth:`tofile` method.
-
-   Write all items (as machine values) to the file object *f*.
-
 When an array object is printed or converted to a string, it is represented as
 ``array(typecode, initializer)``.  The *initializer* is omitted if the array is
 empty, otherwise it is a string if the *typecode* is ``'c'``, otherwise it is a
Index: Modules/arraymodule.c
===================================================================
--- Modules/arraymodule.c	(revision 75065)
+++ Modules/arraymodule.c	(working copy)
@@ -1241,20 +1241,10 @@
 "fromfile(f, n)\n\
 \n\
 Read n objects from the file object f and append them to the end of the\n\
-array.  Also called as read.");
+array.");
 
 
 static PyObject *
-array_fromfile_as_read(arrayobject *self, PyObject *args)
-{
-	if (PyErr_WarnPy3k("array.read() not supported in 3.x; "
-			   "use array.fromfile()", 1) < 0)
-		return NULL;
-	return array_fromfile(self, args);
-}
-
-
-static PyObject *
 array_tofile(arrayobject *self, PyObject *f)
 {
 	FILE *fp;
@@ -1279,21 +1269,10 @@
 PyDoc_STRVAR(tofile_doc,
 "tofile(f)\n\
 \n\
-Write all items (as machine values) to the file object f.  Also called as\n\
-write.");
+Write all items (as machine values) to the file object f.");
 
 
 static PyObject *
-array_tofile_as_write(arrayobject *self, PyObject *f)
-{
-	if (PyErr_WarnPy3k("array.write() not supported in 3.x; "
-			   "use array.tofile()", 1) < 0)
-		return NULL;
-	return array_tofile(self, f);
-}
-
-
-static PyObject *
 array_fromlist(arrayobject *self, PyObject *list)
 {
 	Py_ssize_t n;
@@ -1578,8 +1557,6 @@
 	 insert_doc},
 	{"pop",		(PyCFunction)array_pop,		METH_VARARGS,
 	 pop_doc},
-	{"read",	(PyCFunction)array_fromfile_as_read,	METH_VARARGS,
-	 fromfile_doc},
 	{"__reduce__",	(PyCFunction)array_reduce,	METH_NOARGS,
 	 reduce_doc},
 	{"remove",	(PyCFunction)array_remove,	METH_O,
@@ -1598,8 +1575,6 @@
 	{"tounicode",   (PyCFunction)array_tounicode,	METH_NOARGS,
 	 tounicode_doc},
 #endif
-	{"write",	(PyCFunction)array_tofile_as_write,	METH_O,
-	 tofile_doc},
 	{NULL,		NULL}		/* sentinel */
 };
 
@@ -2061,13 +2036,11 @@
 index() -- return index of first occurrence of an object\n\
 insert() -- insert a new item into the array at a provided position\n\
 pop() -- remove and return item (default last)\n\
-read() -- DEPRECATED, use fromfile()\n\
 remove() -- remove first occurrence of an object\n\
 reverse() -- reverse the order of the items in the array\n\
 tofile() -- write all items to a file object\n\
 tolist() -- return the array converted to an ordinary list\n\
 tostring() -- return the array converted to a string\n\
-write() -- DEPRECATED, use tofile()\n\
 \n\
 Attributes:\n\
 \n\