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Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Variable types that start with "g"

From: Gerald Combs <gerald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:01:19 -0800
On 2/21/12 9:52 AM, Matthew Harelick wrote:
> Hi:
> 
> Wireshark code has variables that start with g, like guint8 .  Where do
> I find the definitions for these types?  How are they different from
> things like uint8 found in <stdint.h>

Types in Wireshark starting with "g" usually (but not always) come from
GLib:

http://developer.gnome.org/glib/2.30/glib-Basic-Types.html