[Python-Dev] On suppress()'s trail blazing (was Re: cpython: Rename contextlib.ignored() to contextlib.ignore())

[Ethan Furman]

On 10/17/2013 01:03 PM, Terry Reedy wrote:
>
> class suppress:
>    def __init__(self, *exceptions):
>      self.exceptions = exceptions
>    def __exit__(self, etype, eval, etrace):
>      return etype in self.exceptions

This fails when etype is a subclass of the exceptions, as mentioned in the original issue.

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~Ethan~