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Re: [Wireshark-dev] deprecating check_col()
From: Jeff Morriss <jeff.morriss.ws_at_nospam>Date: Fri Oct 22 2010 - 13:44:48 GMT
To: wireshark-dev@wireshark.org
bugzilla-daemon@wireshark.org wrote:
> https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5325
>
> --- Comment #6 from Jeff Morriss <jeff.morriss.ws@gmail.com> 2010-10-22 06:31:48 PDT ---
> (In reply to comment #5)
>> Check col is deprecated and should be removed.
>
> Well, you know, I don't know. In this dissector it's protecting not only the
> col_*() calls but also some val_to_str()'s and other non-trivial amounts of
> work.
Should we discuss the concept of removing all check_col()'s again? In
looking at the PPP dissector, for example, it seems there may be a fair
amount of work saved by keeping them.
Maybe it should be on a case-by-case basis?
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