How to stop execution of a node.js script?

Using a return is the correct way to stop a function executing. You are correct in that process.exit() would kill the whole node process, rather than just stopping that individual function. Even if you are using a callback function, you’d want to return it to stop the function execution. ASIDE: The standard callback is a … Read more

How do __enter__ and __exit__ work in Python decorator classes?

the __exit__() method should accept information about exceptions that come up in the with: block. See here. The following modification of your code works: def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_value, tb): if exc_type is not None: traceback.print_exception(exc_type, exc_value, tb) # return False # uncomment to pass exception through return True Then you can try raising an exception … Read more

What is the difference between exit and abort?

“Exit, Exit! Abort, Raise…Get Me Outta Here!” describes everything you’d want to know I think. In short: Kernel.exit(code) “exits” the script immediately and returns the code to the OS, however, just before doing it, it calls any registered at_exit handler that your code could have registered. Kernel.exit!(code) does the same, but exits immediatelly, no at_exit … Read more