Issue #15806: Add contextlib.ignored().
diff --git a/Lib/contextlib.py b/Lib/contextlib.py
index 0b6bf71..03c56da 100644
--- a/Lib/contextlib.py
+++ b/Lib/contextlib.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
from collections import deque
from functools import wraps
-__all__ = ["contextmanager", "closing", "ContextDecorator", "ExitStack"]
+__all__ = ["contextmanager", "closing", "ContextDecorator", "ExitStack", "ignored"]
class ContextDecorator(object):
@@ -140,6 +140,18 @@
def __exit__(self, *exc_info):
self.thing.close()
+@contextmanager
+def ignored(*exceptions):
+ """Context manager to ignore specifed exceptions
+
+ with ignored(OSError):
+ os.remove(somefile)
+
+ """
+ try:
+ yield
+ except exceptions:
+ pass
# Inspired by discussions on http://bugs.python.org/issue13585
class ExitStack(object):