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Ethereal-dev: [Ethereal-dev] MAX_VAR_LEN in prefs.h

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From: Ian Schorr <spamcontrol2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 19:15:43 -0400
Why is MAX_VAR_LEN in prefs.h set to 48? Is there any reason why it can't be set to a larger number, say 256?

(I'm guessing this had something to do with a platform limitation of some kind?)

Thanks,
Ian