On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 4:33 PM, Jeff Morriss <jeff.morriss...@gmail.com> wrote: > IOW the reason these functions were renamed was because a large portion of > the time dissector-writers would use tvb_length() when they really should > have been using tvb_reported_length(). By renaming the functions and adding > a macro--which is listed as deprecated by checkAPIs--for backwards > compatibility we can know which calls have yet to be audited/checked for > correctness. That is, the whole point is to *not* systematically replace > tvb_length() but rather check each call and replace it with the correct one.
Well, thank you, I've got the point now. ___________________________________________________________________________ Sent via: Wireshark-dev mailing list <wireshark-dev@wireshark.org> Archives: http://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev Unsubscribe: https://wireshark.org/mailman/options/wireshark-dev mailto:wireshark-dev-requ...@wireshark.org?subject=unsubscribe
