just stop program

[div0]

On 07/11/2010 10:42, Lars T. Kyllingstad wrote:
> On Fri, 05 Nov 2010 15:09:05 +0000, div0 wrote:
>
>> On 05/11/2010 10:14, Lars T. Kyllingstad wrote:
>>> On Fri, 05 Nov 2010 09:47:37 +0000, div0 wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 05/11/2010 09:32, spir wrote:
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there a way for a program to simply exit before end of main()? An
>>>>> instruction like exit, quit, end, halt, stop...
>>>>>
>>>>> [assert(false) is not why I'm looking for, as (1) the compiler
>>>>> protests if there is unreachable code (2) it throws in non-release
>>>>> mode. I just want the program to stop, basta! My use case is first
>>>>> debugging (avoid later debug output to be written on terminal).]
>>>>>
>>>>> Denis
>>>>> -- -- -- -- -- -- --
>>>>> vit esse estrany ☣
>>>>>
>>>>> spir.wikidot.com
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> import std.c.process
>>>>
>>>> then you've exit(int)&   abort()
>>>>
>>>> You can get access to most C library functions through std.c.*, so
>>>> it's always worth a quick check in there for lower level stuff.
>>>
>>> In D2 it is generally preferable to import core.stdc.* to get at the C
>>> stuff.  std.c.* is a relic from D1, and it is uncertain what will be
>>> kept in the library.
>>>
>>> In this case, import core.stdc.stdlib to gain access to exit(int) and
>>> abort().
>>>
>>> -Lars
>>
>> Since when?
>
> I don't know, I just remember there was a discussion about it -- probably
> on the Phobos mailing list.  Or it could be my own opinion seeping
> through, you never know. ;)
>
> The thing is, the C stdlib is needed in druntime, therefore the headers
> need to be in druntime.  And it's pointless to have them in two places,
> therefore they should be removed from Phobos.  (std.c could arguably be
> kept for non-standard functions.)
>
> In D1, the runtime and the standard library weren't separated, and it
> thus made sense to have the C headers in std as well.
>
OIC, that makes sense. I guess people should be discourged from using 
the C bits anyway; there ought to be better D versions of everyting in 
the C standard lib.

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