Can we define a Procedure in a Package Body without Defining in a Specifica

Hi,
Can we define a Procedure in a Package Body without Defining in a Specification,,
if yes then how...,Please provide me some examples
Please helpme out....
Regards
Nikhil

Yes we can!
But this procedure can then only be called from other procedures/functions in the same package.
Examples?
untested
create or replace package test
as
begin
null
end;
create or replace package body test
as
procedure dummy
as
begin
   null;
end dummy;
end;
/

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