[Python-Dev] cpython: Rename contextlib.ignored() to contextlib.ignore(). (original) (raw)

Barry Warsaw barry at python.org
Fri Oct 11 18:43:57 CEST 2013


On Oct 11, 2013, at 06:27 PM, Georg Brandl wrote:

Maybe to fit in with other verb-like APIs used as context managers: it's open() not opened().

open() predates context managers, but maybe we need a new convention.

with ignore(FileNotFoundError):

vs

with ignored(FileNotFoundError):

To me anyway, the latter sounds better.

-Barry



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