Can anyone tell me why I can’t write something lik...

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[Richard Green]

Can anyone tell me why I can’t write something like this

fun fatal(m: String): Nothing {
    with(TermColors()) {
        println(red(m))
        System.exit(1)
    }
}

[spand]

Because exit returns Unit

[diesieben07]

System.exit does not return Nothing, only exitProcess does.

[Richard Green]

Thanks !