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From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com>
Subject: Re: is exception when others => null; smart?
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Preben Randhol <randhol+news@pvv.org> writes:

> If you choose to generate a body for a procedure or a function then you
> get this:
> 
>    procedue Proc
>    is
> 
>    begin
> 
>    exception
>       when others => null;
>    end Proc;
> 
> My question is: Is this smart?

No.  You usually don't want an exception handler, and when you do, you
almost never want "null;".

- Bob