critical exception

Cargo.toml

 [package]
 name = "roboplc"
-version = "0.1.33"
+version = "0.1.34"
 edition = "2021"
 authors = ["Serhij S. <div@altertech.com>"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"

src/lib.rs

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use core::{fmt, num};
 use std::io::Write;
 use std::{env, mem, str::FromStr, sync::Arc, time::Duration};
 
+use colored::Colorize as _;
 use thread_rt::{RTParams, Scheduling};
 
 pub use log::LevelFilter;
@@ -213,6 +214,13 @@ where
     }
 }
 
+/// Immediately kills the current process and all its subprocesses with a message to stderr
+pub fn critical(msg: &str) -> ! {
+    eprintln!("{}", msg.red().bold());
+    thread_rt::suicide_myself(Duration::from_secs(0), false);
+    std::process::exit(1);
+}
+
 /// Terminates the current process and all its subprocesses in the specified period of time with
 /// SIGKILL command. Useful if a process is unable to shut it down gracefully within a specified
 /// period of time.