"Guy Harris" <guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Jan 3, 2011, at 12:50 AM, news.gmane.com wrote:
>> Does this replaces tvb_get_ephemeral_faked_unicode?
>> The function name suggests, that the return value must be released.
This is not true. See below.
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> Within the context of Wireshark, no, it doesn't; it suggests, due to the
> "ephemeral" in the name, that it's automatically released when dissection
> is started on a new packet,
Oh, that's my mistake. I completely mis-understood the meaning of
'ephemeral'. So the function already supports, what I requested for.
>> Is there
>> also a function returning a string that will be garbage collected?
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> No - Wireshark doesn't do garbage collection
I had the limited lifetime in mind when talking about G.C. Don't know where
I read about this naming in context of limited lifetime. I must be a bit
confused here.
--
Andy
