Extends:

• #1
• #1346

Context:

• https://stackoverflow.com/a/37592669/288906
• https://nodejs.org/api/process.html#process_process_exit_code

The reason this is problematic is because writes to process.stdout in Node.js are sometimes asynchronous and may occur over multiple ticks of the Node.js event loop. Calling process.exit(), however, forces the process to exit before those additional writes to stdout can be performed.

I'm not sure if this is applicable to every situation, but perhaps process.exit(1) should be the exception, not the rule.

Fail

process.exit(1);

Pass

process.exit(); // No code, the intent is a bit more clear

process.exitcode = 1;