Re: lynx-dev Dead Code, Part 2

[dickey]

> 
> Yet more functions that appear to be dead code: 
>  
> HTAA_checkAuthorization 
> HTAA_composeAuthHeaders 
> HTAA_encryptPasswd 
> HTAA_getGid 
> HTAA_getUid 
> HTAA_startLogging 
> HTAA_statusMessage 
> HTAnchor_bookmark 
> HTAnchor_makeMainLink 
> HTAtom_templateMatches 
> HTCardinal 
> HTChunkEnsure 
> HTHistory_backtrack 
> HTHistory_canMoveBy 
> HTHistory_leavingFrom 
> HTHistory_moveBy 
> HTHistory_read 
> HTHistory_recall 
> HTHistory_record 
> HTLoadAnchor 
> HTSearchAbsolute 
> HTStyleSheetRemoveStyle 
> LYSkipCNonBlanks 
> SNACat 

you're being a bit too hasty in your greps (I notice that there's a half
dozen on this list that are in active code).  Try to look at the .c _and_
the .h files.
  
> Based on this, I think I can safely advocate the complete eradication  
> of HTAAServ.c and HTHistory.c. 
>  
> In the next week or so I should be able to get around to a more  
> sophisticated analysis of the dead code in lynx, using a graph algorithm  
> to look for unattached call trees. 
>  
> --  
> John Bley - address@hidden 
> Duke '99 - English/Computer Science 
>   Since English is a mess, it maps well onto the problem space, 
>   which is also a mess, which we call reality.     - Larry Wall 
> 


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Thomas E. Dickey
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