added squelch() to mute warn()

NEWS.md

@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ Language changes
   * The built-in `NTuple` type has been removed; `NTuple{N,T}` is now
     implemented internally as `Tuple{Vararg{T,N}}` ([#11242]).
 
+  * `squelch` can be used to mute `warn` on a per-module/function basis ([#16213]).
+
 Command-line option changes
 ---------------------------
 

base/docs/helpdb/Base.jl

@@ -3607,13 +3607,6 @@ behavior, including program corruption or segfaults, at any later time.
 """
 unsafe_convert
 
-"""
-    warn(msg)
-
-Display a warning. Argument `msg` is a string describing the warning to be displayed.
-"""
-warn
-
 """
     erfinv(x)
 
@@ -4669,13 +4662,6 @@ multiple of four, this is equivalent to a `copy`.
 """
 rotl90(A, k)
 
-"""
-    info(msg)
-
-Display an informational message. Argument `msg` is a string describing the information to be displayed.
-"""
-info
-
 """
     eigmin(A)
 

base/util.jl

@@ -332,6 +332,11 @@ println_with_color(color::Symbol, msg::AbstractString...) =
 
 ## warnings and messages ##
 
+"""
+    info(msg...)
+
+Display an informational message. Argument `msg` is a string describing the information to be displayed.
+"""
 function info(io::IO, msg...; prefix="INFO: ")
     println_with_color(info_color(), io, prefix, chomp(string(msg...)))
 end
@@ -340,10 +345,32 @@ info(msg...; prefix="INFO: ") = info(STDERR, msg..., prefix=prefix)
 # print a warning only once
 
 const have_warned = Set()
+const do_not_warn = Set()
+
+"""
+    squelch(m [, f])
+
+Add `m` to the set of modules (and specifically function `f` within `m`) for
+which `warn()` will be muted.  See `Base.do_not_warn` for the current set.
+Call `squelch` with no arguments to display all warnings.
+"""
+squelch(m::Module, f::Union{Symbol,Void}=nothing) = push!(do_not_warn,(m,f))
+squelch() = empty!(do_not_warn)
+
+export squelch
 
 warn_once(io::IO, msg...) = warn(io, msg..., once=true)
 warn_once(msg...) = warn(STDERR, msg..., once=true)
 
+"""
+    warn(msg..., [prefix="WARNING: ", once=false, key=nothing, bt=nothing, filename=nothing, lineno::Int=0])
+
+Display a warning. Argument `msg` is a string describing the warning to be displayed.  Set `once` to
+true and specify a `key` to only display `msg` the first time `warn` is called.  If `bt` is not nothing
+a backtrace is displayed.  If `filename` is not nothing both it and `lineno` are displayed.
+
+See also `squelch`.
+"""
 function warn(io::IO, msg...;
               prefix="WARNING: ", once=false, key=nothing, bt=nothing,
               filename=nothing, lineno::Int=0)
@@ -355,6 +382,15 @@ function warn(io::IO, msg...;
         (key in have_warned) && return
         push!(have_warned, key)
     end
+    st = StackTraces.remove_frames!(stacktrace(), :warn)[1]
+    mo = st.outer_linfo.value.def.module
+    fu = st.func
+    str *= " ($mo.$fu)"
+    if !isempty(do_not_warn)
+        for sq in do_not_warn
+            (sq[1]==mo && (sq[2]==nothing || sq[2]==fu)) && return
+        end
+    end
     print_with_color(warn_color(), io, prefix, str)
     if bt !== nothing
         show_backtrace(io, bt)

doc/stdlib/io-network.rst

@@ -464,17 +464,25 @@ Text I/O
 
    ``color`` may take any of the values ``:normal``\ , ``:bold``\ , ``:black``\ , ``:blue``\ , ``:cyan``\ , ``:green``\ , ``:magenta``\ , ``:red``\ , ``:white``\ , or  ``:yellow``\ .
 
-.. function:: info(msg)
+.. function:: info(msg...)
 
    .. Docstring generated from Julia source
 
    Display an informational message. Argument ``msg`` is a string describing the information to be displayed.
 
-.. function:: warn(msg)
+.. function:: warn(msg..., [prefix="WARNING: ", once=false, key=nothing, bt=nothing, filename=nothing, lineno::Int=0])
 
    .. Docstring generated from Julia source
 
-   Display a warning. Argument ``msg`` is a string describing the warning to be displayed.
+   Display a warning. Argument ``msg`` is a string describing the warning to be displayed.  Set ``once`` to true and specify a ``key`` to only display ``msg`` the first time ``warn`` is called.  If ``bt`` is not nothing a backtrace is displayed.  If ``filename`` is not nothing both it and ``lineno`` are displayed.
+
+   See also ``squelch``\ .
+
+.. function:: squelch(m [, f])
+
+   .. Docstring generated from Julia source
+
+   Add ``m`` to the set of modules (and specifically function ``f`` within ``m``\ ) for which ``warn()`` will be muted.  See ``Base.do_not_warn`` for the current set. Call ``squelch`` with no arguments to display all warnings.
 
 .. function:: @printf([io::IOStream], "%Fmt", args...)
 

test/misc.jl

@@ -27,6 +27,25 @@ let bt = backtrace()
         @test contains(l, b)
     end
 end
+module Foo
+    bar(io) = warn(io,"bar")
+    pooh(io) = warn(io,"pooh")
+end
+@test contains(sprint(Foo.bar), "WARNING: bar (Foo.bar)")
+@test contains(sprint(Foo.pooh), "WARNING: pooh (Foo.pooh)")
+squelch(Foo,:bar)
+@test sprint(Foo.bar) == ""
+@test contains(sprint(Foo.pooh), "WARNING: pooh (Foo.pooh)")
+squelch(Foo)
+@test sprint(Foo.bar) == ""
+@test sprint(Foo.pooh) == ""
+tmp=copy(Base.do_not_warn)
+squelch()
+@test contains(sprint(Foo.bar), "WARNING: bar (Foo.bar)")
+@test contains(sprint(Foo.pooh), "WARNING: pooh (Foo.pooh)")
+map(x->squelch(x...), setdiff(tmp,[(Foo,nothing)]))
+@test sprint(Foo.bar) == ""
+@test contains(sprint(Foo.pooh), "WARNING: pooh (Foo.pooh)")
 
 # test assert() method
 @test_throws AssertionError assert(false)