Re: Dropping of the end of a chain

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On Thu, 14 Nov 2024, at 2:01 PM, Thomas Köller wrote:
> The nft manpage states that if the end of a chain invoked via 'goto' is 
> reached without a verdict, 'evaluation will continue at the last chain 
> instead of the one containing the goto statement'. I cannot make sense 
> of this; what is the 'last chain'?

To say "last chain" is highly ambiguous. I suggest that it be rewritten as "evaluation will continue as if the invoking rule had instead specified 'return' as its verdict." Such would be simple, coherent and correct.

-- 
Kerin Millar





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