https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5370
--- Comment #17 from Stephen Fisher <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 2010-11-23 15:58:28 MST ---
(In reply to comment #15)
> Yeah, I would remove those as well. A few dissectors indicate units via
> "(byte)", "length (in bytes)" or variations thereof, but overall, I don't think
> it's particularly useful, and I don't think most dissectors do this since it's
> obvious what the units are. (For example, take a look at IP, UDP, TCP, ...)
> Maybe if the length was in units other than bytes it might be useful to
> indicate it. Well, that's just my opinion. This won't hold up the patch like
> the byte-swapping stuff will.
The way I do it is to specify the unit in the description (FIELDDESCR in
README.developer) that shows at the bottom of the Wireshark window.
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