$links not properly used in node.tpl.php

Hi,

I believe this qualifies as a bug - in node.tpl.php, the following code is responsible for printing out user links below the node's content (copied from the CVS listing):

<div class="meta">
  <?php
  if ($taxonomy) {
    print nitobe_render_terms($node) . (($comment > 0) ? "&nbsp;|&nbsp;" : '');
  }
  else {
    print "&nbsp;";
  }
  print (($comment > 0) ? nitobe_comment_link($node, $teaser) : "&nbsp;");
  ?>
</div>
    <?php if ($links): ?>
      <div class="links"><?php //print $links; ?></div>
    <?php endif; ?>
  <div class="clear"></div>

Thus, Nitobe introduces it's own handling of what otherwise is done via the $links variable (which isn't used at all).

The problem IMHO is that some other modules might add things to $links; these additional entries get not printed. I discovered this when playing with the talk module, where the links to add comments are not printed if there are no comments to a node (see this issue). Another example is the flag module; the "Bookmark this" link added by this module upon installation doesn't show up in a Nitobe themed site.