Method soft_define_alias

IPython/core/alias.py:216–221

Define an alias, but don't raise on an AliasError.

(self, name, cmd)

                            if isinstance(func, Alias)]

    def soft_define_alias(self, name, cmd):
        """Define an alias, but don't raise on an AliasError."""
        try:
            self.define_alias(name, cmd)
        except AliasError as e:
            error("Invalid alias: %s" % e)

    def define_alias(self, name, cmd):
        """Define a new alias after validating it.