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windows: don't return in mainCRTStartup, exit via exit(0)
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#4612
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This fixes a bug where output would not actually be written to stdout before exiting the process, leading to a flaky Windows CI. Exiting using `exit(0)` appears to fix this. For some background, see: #4589
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At least this time it passed the tests 🎉 |
Size difference with the dev branch: Binary size differencenot the same command! tinygo build -size short -o ./build/test.hex -target=feather-rp2040 ./examples/adafruit4650 go: downloading tinygo.org/x/tinyfont v0.3.0 not the same command! tinygo build -size short -o ./build/test.hex -target=nano-rp2040 -stack-size 8kb ./examples/net/websocket/dial/ go: downloading golang.org/x/net v0.7.0 not the same command! tinygo build -size short -o ./build/test.hex -target=nano-rp2040 -stack-size 8kb ./examples/net/mqttclient/natiu/ go: downloading github.com/soypat/natiu-mqtt v0.5.1 not the same command! tinygo build -size short -o ./build/test.hex -target=wioterminal -stack-size 8kb ./examples/net/mqttclient/paho/ go: downloading github.com/eclipse/paho.mqtt.golang v1.2.0 flash ram before after diff before after diff 16864 16864 0 0.00% 4324 4324 0 0.00% tinygo build -size short -o ./build/test.hex -target=feather-rp2040 ./examples/adafruit4650 61432 61432 0 0.00% 6196 6196 0 0.00% tinygo build 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🎉 thank you!!!
This fixes a bug where output would not actually be written to stdout before exiting the process, leading to a flaky Windows CI. Exiting using
exit(0)
appears to fix this.For some background, see: #4589