exit not working as stated in help

[<pl...@pi...>]

HI,

unless I'm reading it wrongly or it simply unclear , it seems that exit 
is not doing what it says on the box.

I have a test file:

test_val=0
if (test_val != 1) {print "*** an error was found ; exit without 
plotting sine ***" ; exit; print "end of if"}
plot sin(x);
print "no errors, sine was plotted";


when I load this from gnuplot  DO get the plot of sine and the following 
output :

gnuplot> load "test.gnu"
*** an error was found ; exit without plotting sine ***
no errors, sine was plotted
gnuplot>


help exit :

 >>
  The commands `exit` and `quit`, as well as the END-OF-FILE character 
(usually
  Ctrl-D) terminate input from the current input stream: terminal 
session, pipe,
  and file input (pipe).

  If input streams are nested (inherited `load` scripts), then reading will
  continue in the parent stream.
 >>


 From this I was expecting exit to exit from the loaded script and 
return me to the gnuplot prompt.

Instead only seems to have exited from the if block.

Does the doc need clarifying or is this an unintended consequence of the 
new blocked if structures?

regards, Peter.