How do I make a C++ console program exit?

Question

Is there a line of code that will terminate the program?

Something like python\'s sys.exit()?

Answer 1

This SO post provides an answer as well as explanation why not to use exit(). Worth a read.

In short, you should return 0 in main(), as it will run all of the destructors and do object cleanup. Throwing would also work if you are exiting from an error.