I know this is descending into bike shedding - but I like that split of definition, shamelessly stealing for my future projects, thanks!
Cheers, Martijn On 1 December 2014 at 13:01, Andreas Lundblad <andreas.lundb...@oracle.com> wrote: > 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 >