Terminating an application

[Mike Parker]

llee wrote:
> Is it possible to terminate an application after catching an exception|error? I know how that assert will automatically terminate an application after catching an AssertError. Is there a general method for terminating an application outside of main(). Perhaps, something like exit() under linux? 

If you rethrow the exception, or throw a new one, and let it propagate 
up the app will exit.