Conflicting recommendations for throwing system.exception

[Greydog1]

This page gives an example using Throw system.exception, while this page says not to throw system.exception.

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• ID: 66364e46-bc27-c535-3b98-500c8796e8fd
• Version Independent ID: 6cf21fe9-9d7a-8654-0660-38a9cafff7ed
• Content: Throw Statement - Visual Basic
• Content Source: docs/visual-basic/language-reference/statements/throw-statement.md
• Product: dotnet-visualbasic
• GitHub Login: @KathleenDollard
• Microsoft Alias: kdollard

[BillWagner]

Thanks for reporting this @Greydog1

This page should change to use a different exception type.

I'll add this to our backlog, and add the "help-wanted" label in case someone wants to submit a PR before we make the change.

[shivam-51]

This page gives an example using Throw system.exception,

Which is "This" page?

[pkulikov]

@shivam-51 It's the following page, which is mentioned in the original post in the Document Details section: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/visual-basic/language-reference/statements/throw-statement

[shivam-51]

This page should change to use a different exception type.

@BillWagner What can be the different exception type? I feel the purpose of that document is to show how to throw a generic exception and it does so. If we want to replace it we need to add a generic exception instead of the Exception.

[BartoszKlonowski]

@BillWagner I'll work on this!