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

Glenn Linderman v+python at g.nevcal.com
Tue Oct 15 21:09:04 CEST 2013


On 10/15/2013 9:28 AM, PJ Eby wrote:

On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 11:52 AM, R. David Murray<rdmurray at bitdance.com> 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 leastimplies some kind of control flow change, which is what's needed to prevent misconceptions.

Yes, trap or catch imply a control flow change, ignore and suppress do not. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/attachments/20131015/cdf34a68/attachment.html>



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