Using continuation character in EXECUTE command

Question

In SQL*Plus, the following sample EXECUTE command works fine
EXECUTE MyProcedure(arg1, arg2)
But if I try to break it into two lines:
EXECUTE MyProcedure(arg1, -
arg2)
I get a character to number conversion error ORA-06502
Both of the arguments are of VARCHAR2 type.
I thought the hyphen character was supposed to let you continue a command on more than one line. How can I break up this command?

Answer 1

The EXECUTE works with SQL*Plus and does not work from within SqlDeveloper
The contents of the procedure, which is part of a package, seems to be irrelevant since the problem occurs even with an empty procedure body (just a NULL; statement).
My platform is Windows2000. Database version is 11g. SQLDeveloper version is 1.2.1
To reiterate, when I type on command line in SqlPlus there is no problem, when I run it from a script file from within SqlPlus there is not problem. The problem occurs only from within SqlDeveloper. Replacing the EXECUTE command with an anonymous block does work in either environment.
It is difficult for me to show exactly what is in the called procedure since the machine it is running on is not connected to the internet and would require retyping the whole procedure out here -- that's why I tried the experiment with the NULL body with the exact same results as with the non NULL body.
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