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

Ethan Furman ethan at stoneleaf.us
Fri Oct 11 22:56:04 CEST 2013


On 10/11/2013 12:00 PM, MRAB wrote:

On 11/10/2013 18:39, Ethan Furman wrote:

On 10/11/2013 09:43 AM, Barry Warsaw wrote:

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. The practice I follow is to use present tense, singular, unless there's a really good reason not to. Makes remembering a lot easier: was it ignore? ignoring? ignores? ignored? Answer: ignore. Singular would be "ignores". In this instance, "ignore" is imperative.

Then let's go with imperative. ;)

-- Ethan



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