Re: Loop code

["Paul Tuohy" <tuohyp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

jt,

<snip>
> I'm talking that a BIF should be IN A KNOWN STATE.  It's either on or off,
> and that SIGNIFIES the known state.  So it would be a case of either the
> CHAIN should do nothing whatsoever with the %EOF, which makes a lotta
sense
> to me.  Or it should set it one way or the other.
<end snip>

The KNOWN STATE that the %EOF BIF reflects is the status of the file
pointer - it is or isn't at EOF.

A READ etc. moves the pointer, therefore it can change the state of EOF.
A CHAIN can only move the pointer IF the record was found. Only a successful
CHAIN can change the state of EOF.

If the %EOF BIF is to reflect the KNOWN STATE then this is the way it must
work.

Paul