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Fri Oct 11 19:39:21 CEST 2013 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2013-October/129414.html

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.

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~Ethan~

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