From 2b72218dd82d922d08b9c890539b3a52e51bbf7c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Wilson Snyder <wsnyder@wsnyder.org>
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2021 17:06:53 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fix examples not flushing vcd (#2787).

---
 Changes                                | 2 ++
 examples/make_hello_c/sim_main.cpp     | 2 +-
 examples/make_protect_lib/sim_main.cpp | 3 ++-
 examples/make_tracing_c/sim_main.cpp   | 3 ++-
 4 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 33999c758..3bb344cc4 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ The contributors that suggested a given feature are shown in []. Thanks!
 
 ****  Fix $fread extra semicolon inside statements. [Leendert van Doorn]
 
+****  Fix examples not flushing vcd (#2787).  [Richard E George]
+
 
 * Verilator 4.108 2021-01-10
 
diff --git a/examples/make_hello_c/sim_main.cpp b/examples/make_hello_c/sim_main.cpp
index e95be4fa6..b2c76c84a 100644
--- a/examples/make_hello_c/sim_main.cpp
+++ b/examples/make_hello_c/sim_main.cpp
@@ -38,5 +38,5 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv, char** env) {
     delete top;
 
     // Return good completion status
-    exit(0);
+    return 0;
 }
diff --git a/examples/make_protect_lib/sim_main.cpp b/examples/make_protect_lib/sim_main.cpp
index c7762ba54..4d15ea360 100644
--- a/examples/make_protect_lib/sim_main.cpp
+++ b/examples/make_protect_lib/sim_main.cpp
@@ -71,5 +71,6 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv, char** env) {
     top = nullptr;
 
     // Return good completion status
-    exit(0);
+    // Don't use exit() or destructor won't get called
+    return 0;
 }
diff --git a/examples/make_tracing_c/sim_main.cpp b/examples/make_tracing_c/sim_main.cpp
index bcd853162..08fa60098 100644
--- a/examples/make_tracing_c/sim_main.cpp
+++ b/examples/make_tracing_c/sim_main.cpp
@@ -102,5 +102,6 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv, char** env) {
 #endif
 
     // Return good completion status
-    exit(0);
+    // Don't use exit() or destructor won't get called
+    return 0;
 }