Matlab application closed at the end of a Python script

I'm developing a Python script in Matlab to start an application and, after performing some actions, close it. The script is the following:

function test app = py.powerfactory.GetApplication(); py.eval('app.ActivateProject("Test_project")', struct('app', app)); py.eval('app.GetFromStudyCase("ComLdf")', struct('app', app)); py.eval('app.PostCommand("exit")', struct('app', app)); return

All the commands are executed without problems. However, when the script is terminated, Matlab stays busy for a while, then the application is closed apparently without any error message.

Any suggestion to solve this issue or to better understand its causes?

Thank you again for the help.

[Robert Snoeberger]

What does the documentation for PostCommand("exit") say? Is there anything about exiting or terminating the process?

[John D'Errico]

More explicitly, what does the documentation for the exit command suggest that it will do in MATLAB?

[Davide]

I think the problem is not caused by the exit command, because the same behaviour is obtained with the script:

function test app = py.powerfactory.GetApplication(); return

[Davide]

The same issue occurs also with the script: function test app = py.powerfactory.GetApplication(); clear app return