Guy Harris wrote:
> Richard van der Hoff wrote:
> 
>>The H.223 dissector contains code to deal with "bitswapped" captures - 
>>ie, where all of the bytes have their bits backwards. It seems that this 
>>is much better handled as a separate dissector entry point, so that the 
>>right one can be chosen when the dissector is registered, rather than 
>>the current dubious heuristics.
> 
> So in what cases are the bytes bitswapped, other than H.223-over-IAX?

Well, if your H.223 is over TCP, it may or may not be bitswapped - so 
it's advantageous to be able to choose which.

> And is there any need to have two separate protocols, rather than two 
> separate dissectors for the same protocol (namely H.223)?

Um... quite possibly not. I'm hazy on the difference, to be honest. 
What's the difference?
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