Alexander Belopolsky added the comment:
> Catch would be fine with me :)
Both "catch" and "trap" have the same problem in my view: you don't get to eat
what you have caught (or trapped). :-)
> Please note that someone *reading the thread* on python-dev
> misunderstood what ignore did after *reading the documentation*.
I question whether the confusion was genuine. Anyone who has discovered
contextlib modules should know enough about with statement, context managers
and exceptions to understand how ignore() can work. Sky is the limit when it
comes to documentation improvements, but in this case code is better than a
thousand words:
@contextmanager
def ignore(*exceptions):
"""Context manager to ignore particular exceptions"""
try:
yield
except exceptions:
pass
Here is how I understand the word "ignore" in the context of context managers.
(Pun unavoidable.) The context manager implements logic of how to exit the
with block. The logic of ignore() CM is to (drum roll, please) ignore the
specified exception(s) if any is raised within the with block.
I gave my +0 to "suppress" on the list, but with more thought and considering
more examples, I like "ignore" best. It is still a close call, but "suppress"
suggests more effort on the part of CM than there is.
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