https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3984
--- Comment #10 from Chris Maynard <christopher.maynard@xxxxxxxxx> 2011-12-23 07:24:50 PST ---
(In reply to comment #9)
> (In reply to comment #7)
>
> > We should fix these issues instead of trying to hide them. Things like these
> > only get worse with time.
> A lot of dissectors are not in SVN and their authors often don't know all
> wireshark 'quirks', with val_str the problem may appear very rarely and for
> them fixing this bug will waste more time than they ever win by saving a little
> memory.
> > > Moreover a lot of dissectors currently using col_add_str(..., val_to_str(...))
> > > could be move back to use col_set_str.
> > > It would save more memory, unknown values are or should be uncommon, and it
> > > would be faster.
I just noticed this bug report today. Interesting. I am wondering what the
other, more experienced core developers think about this.
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