gracefully handle ExitStatus exception in async main loops

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/postamble.js b/src/postamble.js
index df844121..897bb269 100644
--- a/src/postamble.js
+++ b/src/postamble.js
@@ -126,7 +126,15 @@ function exit(status) {
 
   // exit the runtime
   exitRuntime();
- 
+
+  // TODO We should handle this differently based on environment.
+  // In the browser, the best we can do is throw an exception
+  // to halt execution, but in node we could process.exit and
+  // I'd imagine SM shell would have something equivalent.
+  // This would let us set a proper exit status (which
+  // would be great for checking test exit statuses).
+  // https://github.com/kripken/emscripten/issues/1371
+
   // throw an exception to halt the current execution
   throw new ExitStatus(status);
 }