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<P><EM>This is an unofficial snapshot of the ISO/IEC JTC1 SC22 WG21
  Core Issues List revision 118b.
  See http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/ for the official
  list.</EM></P>
<P>2025-09-28</P>
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<A NAME="792"></A><H4>792.
  
Effects of <TT>std::quick_exit</TT>
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<B>Section: </B>6.10.3.1&#160; [<A href="https://wg21.link/basic.start.main">basic.start.main</A>]
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 <B>Status: </B>CD2
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 <B>Submitter: </B>US
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 <B>Date: </B>3 March, 2009<BR><BR>


<A href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2010/n3086.html#US24">N2800 comment
  US&#160;24<BR></A>

<P>[Voted into WP at October, 2009 meeting.]</P>

<P>6.10.3.1 [<A href="https://wg21.link/basic.start.main#4">basic.start.main</A>] paragraph 4 discusses the effects of calling
<TT>std::exit</TT> but says nothing about <TT>std::quick_exit</TT>.
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<P><B>Proposed resolution (July, 2009):</B></P>

<P>Change 6.10.3.1 [<A href="https://wg21.link/basic.start.main#4">basic.start.main</A>] paragraph 4 as follows:</P>

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<DEL>Calling the function <TT>std::exit(int)</TT> declared in
<TT>&lt;cstdlib&gt;</TT> (17.5 [<A href="https://wg21.link/support.start.term">support.start.term</A>]) terminates</DEL>
<INS>Terminating</INS> the program without leaving the current block
<INS>(e.g., by calling the function <TT>std::exit(int)</TT>
(17.5 [<A href="https://wg21.link/support.start.term">support.start.term</A>]))</INS> <DEL>and hence without
destroying</DEL> <INS>does not destroy</INS> any objects with
automatic storage duration (11.4.7 [<A href="https://wg21.link/class.dtor">class.dtor</A>])...

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