[hunchentoot-devel] finish-output usage in create-static-file-dispatcher-and-handler

[Edi Weitz]

On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 21:52:31 +0300, Volkan YAZICI <yazicivo at ttnet.net.tr> wrote:

> Just for curiosity, in create-static-file-dispatcher-and-handler
> function, wouldn't it be better if we flush the buffer finally in
> the loop instead of calling finish-output at every step. Does it
> have a special objective, e.g., for debugging purposes, portability
> issues?

The way it works now it'll send separate chunks if chunked encoding is
used.

> And maybe, it'd even be better to use (or to support optionally)
> force-output instead of finish-output. (With price of not receiving
> any acknowledgment about the flushed buffer.)

I doubt that using FORCE-OUTPUT really buys you anything except for
very rare situations.  I'd rather advise the user to write his own
version of C-S-F-D-A-H in this case.