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220220 Inlined by the compiler.
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222+ > #### Differences to `Kernel.exit/1` {: .info }
223+ >
224+ > The functions `Kernel.exit/1` and `Process.exit/2` are
225+ > named similarly but provide very different functionalities. The
226+ > `Kernel:exit/1` function should be used when the intent is to stop the current
227+ > process while `Process.exit/2` should be used when the intent is to send an
228+ > exit signal to another process. Note also that `Kernel.exit/1` can be caught
229+ > with `try/1` while `Process.exit/2` can only be handled by trapping exits and
230+ > when the signal is different than `:kill`.
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222232 ## Examples
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224234 Process.exit(pid, :kill)
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