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On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 11:52 AM, R. David Murray  wrote:  

> I think 'trap' would be much clearer.  

+1\. Short and sweet, and just ambiguous enough that you don't leap to  
the conclusion that the error is ignored. I agree that "suppress" is  
basically a synonym for "ignore"; trap at least \*implies\* some kind of  
control flow change, which is what's needed to prevent misconceptions.