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

MRAB python at mrabarnett.plus.com
Fri Oct 11 21:00:47 CEST 2013


On 11/10/2013 18:39, Ethan Furman wrote:
> On 10/11/2013 09:43 AM, Barry Warsaw wrote:
>> On Oct 11, 2013, at 06:27 PM, Georg Brandl wrote:
>>
>>> Maybe to fit in with other verb-like APIs used as context managers:
>>> it's open() not opened().
>>
>> open() predates context managers, but maybe we need a new convention.
>>
>> with ignore(FileNotFoundError):
>>
>> vs
>>
>> with ignored(FileNotFoundError):
>>
>> To me anyway, the latter sounds better.
>
> The practice I follow is to use present tense, singular, unless there's
> a really good reason not to.  Makes remembering a lot easier:
>
>     was it ignore? ignoring? ignores? ignored?
>
> Answer: ignore.
>
<pedantic>Singular would be "ignores". In this instance, "ignore" is 
imperative.</pedantic>



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