Is there a function in the Kotlin standard library...

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[cdpjenkins]

Is there a function in the Kotlin standard library for that ignores its argument and doesn’t do anything? There have been a few places where I’ve needed to provide a handler to satisfy an API but where I don’t want anything to happen when the handler has been called. I have found myself writing fun <T> doNothing(param: T): Unit = Unit or an equivalent lambda and I’m wondering if there is a standard function that I can do in order to not have to write this function myself.

[Joffrey]

If you need to pass a function, you can just pass { Unit }. If you need to implement a method (like an override), you can just use Unit as your implementation body

[cdpjenkins]

Many thanks. I didn’t realise that it’s possible to do something a simple as`{ Unit }` so that might be enough for me 😺

[ephemient]

even { } should work, although explicitly stating Unit is clearer