Wireshark · Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Catching exceptions in dissector_try

Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Catching exceptions in dissector_try_heuristic?

From: Jeff Morriss <jeff.morriss.ws@xxxxxxxxx>

Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 17:18:15 -0400

Jakub Zawadzki wrote:

Hi,

Should we catch BoundsError, ReportedBoundsError exceptions in dissector_try_heuristic()?
It'll fix once for ever bugs like #7277.

I've always tried to /avoid/ too many TRY/CATCH sequences, though Idon't recall exactly why at the moment. Performance? Just Bad Practice?

References:
- [Wireshark-dev] Catching exceptions in dissector_try_heuristic?
  - From: Jakub Zawadzki