Why is try {…} finally {…} good; try {…} catch{} bad?

Question

I have seen people say that it is bad form to use catch with no arguments, especially if that catch doesn\'t do anything:

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Answer 1

try {…} catch{} is not always bad. It's not a common pattern, but I do tend to use it when I need to shutdown resources no matter what, like closing a (possibly) open sockets at the end of a thread.