From: ahoward <ahoward@...>
Date: 2003-04-24T07:03:55+09:00
Subject: Re: open 'no-exist' rescue true - idiom

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 :-)

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

plus.  it's shorter.

-a

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