Open 'no-exist' rescue true - idiom

rubyists-

anyone know of a cleaner way to disgard exceptions than

open ‘no-exist’ rescue true

??

in that case, the ‘true’ is effectively a no-op - anything could work - but
the intent is clearer than

open ‘no-exist’ rescue 1

or

open ‘no-exist’ rescue false

which would both also work.

-a

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Ara Howard
NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory
Information and Technology Services
Data Systems Group
R/FST 325 Broadway
Boulder, CO 80305-3328
Email: ara.t.howard@fsl.noaa.gov
Phone: 303-497-7238
Fax: 303-497-7259
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I use ‘rescue nil’ which is only one character less :slight_smile:

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On Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 06:23:37AM +0900, ahoward wrote:

anyone know of a cleaner way to disgard exceptions than

open ‘no-exist’ rescue true

i like that better actually. it seems to read - ‘rescue by doing nothing’.

plus. it’s shorter.

-a

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On Thu, 24 Apr 2003, Brian Candler wrote:

On Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 06:23:37AM +0900, ahoward wrote:

anyone know of a cleaner way to disgard exceptions than

open ‘no-exist’ rescue true

I use ‘rescue nil’ which is only one character less :slight_smile:

Ara Howard
NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory
Information and Technology Services
Data Systems Group
R/FST 325 Broadway
Boulder, CO 80305-3328
Email: ara.t.howard@fsl.noaa.gov
Phone: 303-497-7238
Fax: 303-497-7259
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