Often all you need is an explanatory variable. How about this version: clean_ints = silent(int) walk_values(clean_ints, request) Also it's useful to

Often all you need is an explanatory variable. How about this version: clean_ints = silent(int) walk_values(clean_ints, request) Also it's useful to point out that almost any function call is non-obvious in isolation. If this is part of a larger application that is silently ignoring exceptions elsewhere, you've probably seen a call to `silent` once or twice already today.