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Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] RFC: new TVBUFF type

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From: Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 13:43:59 -0700
On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 04:42:52PM +1000, Ronnie Sahlberg wrote:
> * Creating a SUBSET from a COMPOSITE must be efficient, though not critical.
> Createing SUBSETs are likely only done when
> a dissector wants to do something special.

SUBSETs are created whenever a subdissector is called.