Re: Should nextfile in BEGINFILE skip ENDFILE?

[arnold]

Manuel Collado <mcollado2011@gmail.com> wrote:

> I think there should be an analogy between BEGIN/exit/END and 
> BEGINFILE/nextfile/ENDFILE. If 'exit' jumps to execute the END block, 
> then 'nextfile' should jump to execute the ENDFILE block.

This is true when processing a regular file.

> Note that the ENDFILE clause is a good place for user code that handles 
> nonfatal file errors. Skipping the ENDFILE rule prevents the user for 
> handling errors his own way.

We're talking about handling fatal errors!  If the file doesn't
exist or is a directory, for example, the ENDFILE would never be reached.
This is why you have an opportunity to handle things in BEGINFILE.

Arnold