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From: Stephen Leake <stephen.a.leake.1@gsfc.nasa.gov>
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Subject: Re: How do I end the program?
Date: 05 Feb 2002 08:26:50 -0500
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David Starner <dvdeug@x8b4e53cd.dhcp.okstate.edu> writes:

> How do I exit the program? It may seem like a silly question, but I'm
> trying to exit from a function called from a callback written in C, so I
> can't just return or raise an exception. glutMainLoop never returns, so
> I can't run off the end of the main function. I used
> GNAT.OS_Lib.OS_Exit. Is there a pure Ada alternative?

To exit cleanly, you need to tell the top level application to exit.
There should be a return value, or out parameter, or global variable
that says "give up and exit, please".

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