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

Ethan Furman ethan at stoneleaf.us
Thu Oct 17 23:24:29 CEST 2013 
On 10/17/2013 01:57 PM, Xavier Morel wrote:
> On 2013-10-17, at 22:11 , Ethan Furman wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> That's fixed by using `issubclass` and does not infirm Terry's point does it?

Nope, and thanks for posting the correct verbage.

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~Ethan~
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