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python - Why use contextlib.suppress as opposed to try/except with pass?

Why would one use contextlib.suppress to suppress an exception, instead of try/except with a pass?

There is no difference in the amount of characters between these two methods (if anything, suppress has more characters), and even though code is often counted in LOC instead of characters, suppress also seems to be much slower than try/except in both cases, when an error is raised and when it's not:

Python 3.5.0 (v3.5.0:374f501f4567, Sep 13 2015, 02:27:37) [MSC v.1900 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32
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>>> from timeit import timeit
>>> # With an error
>>> timeit("""with suppress(ValueError):
    x = int('a')""", setup="from contextlib import suppress")
1.9571568971892543
>>> timeit("""try:
    x = int('a')
except ValueError:
    pass""")
1.0758466499161656
>>> # With no error
>>> timeit("""with suppress(ValueError):
    x = int(3)""", setup="from contextlib import suppress")
0.7513525708063895
>>> timeit("""try:
    x = int(3)
except ValueError:
    pass""")
0.10141028937128027
>>> 
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It is two lines less code without sacrificing readability.

It might be especially convenient for nested or consecutive code blocks. Compare:

try:
    a()
    try:
        b()
    except B:
        pass
except A:
    pass

vs.:

with suppress(A):
    a()
    with suppress(B):
        b()

It also allows to express the intent:

  • with suppress(SpecificError): do_something() says don't propagate the error if it is raised while doing something
  • try: do_something() except SpecificError: pass says do something and don't propagate the error if it is raised

It is less important because most people won't notice the difference.


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