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submitted 5 months ago by Irelephant@lemm.ee to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 72 points 5 months ago (4 children)

try {
    operation();
} catch {
    // nice weather, eh?
}

[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Starting with Java 21 (I think), they've introduced ignored variables, so you can now actually do this:

try {
    operation();
} catch (Exception _) {
    // nice weather, eh?
}

Edit: forgot that this is about JS lel

[–] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

So basically the same as a discard in C#?

[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Yeah, Python has it as well. I think the only real use of it is code readability since you declare that this variable will never be used.

[–] DjMeas@lemm.ee 10 points 5 months ago

☑️ PR Approved

[–] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 5 points 5 months ago

Thanks. I hate it.

[–] lengau@midwest.social 3 points 5 months ago

with contextlib.suppress(BaseException):
    do_thing()