On Mon, Dec 01, 2014 at 01:10:29PM +0100, Jan Lahoda wrote: > Hi, > > In a preparation for JDK-8061549, I'd like to rename all uses of '_' > as a one-character identifier in the jaxp and jdk repositories. All > the uses I was able to find are in tests, and the identifier is used > as a name of a catch parameter. The proposed new name is "ignore", > but if a different name would be more appropriate, I'll be happy to > use it.
To me "ignore" signals "I don't care if this exception occurred." In tests, when an exception *should* occurr, I usually name the variable "expected". Ignore is a bit shorter though, so in the end it's a matter of taste I guess. -- Andreas
