Essay · Python

Handling exceptions with contextlib

Wed 27 Feb 20191 min read

From 2019Written in 2019. The ideas may still hold, but check the current docs for newer details.

Handling exceptions with contextlib.supress()

python

import contextlib

with contextlib.suppress(FileNotFoundError):
    os.remove("somefile.tmp")

This is equivalent to the following try/except clause:

python

try:
    os.remove("somefile.tmp")
except FileNotFoundError:
    pass