Why are empty catch blocks a bad idea? [closed]

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Usually empty try-catch is a bad idea because you are silently swallowing an error condition and then continuing execution. Occasionally this may be the right thing to do, but often it’s a sign that a developer saw an exception, didn’t know what to do about it, and so used an empty catch to silence the problem.

It’s the programming equivalent of putting black tape over an engine warning light.

I believe that how you deal with exceptions depends on what layer of the software you are working in: Exceptions in the Rainforest.

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