Re: lynx-dev Dump_Output_Immediately / Cookie bug not completely fixed (AFAIK)

[Elwin Oost]

> The one exit(0) I am aware of where this happens in the normal (non-error)
> case is at the end of HTFWriter_free() in HTFWriter.c.  I have never
> understood why that `if (dump_output_immediately)' at the end of
> HTFWriter_free is necessary - maybe it isn't.  It's kind of a sneaky
> way for lynx to exit, from within a stream method.  You could try to see
> what happens if it is removed.  Let the list know of your results.

Once again, a direct hit! Everything seems to work as it should, 
though I never feel comfortable deleting parts of code without 
understanding why they're put in. Can anybody shed light on this 
subject?

--Elwin