[issue19266] Rename contextlib.ignore to contextlib.suppress

Stefan Krah report at bugs.python.org
Wed Oct 16 14:28:30 CEST 2013


Stefan Krah added the comment:

Zero Piraeus <report at bugs.python.org> wrote:
> 'Ignore' and 'suppress' are not synonyms:

I wrote "synonyms here", meaning that in *this context* they are practically
synonyms. "suppress" describes the mechanics more precisely, "ignore"
descibes the human intent: suppress_and_thereby_ignore.

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