Hi all,
the easy part of the conversion from emem to wmem memory should be almost complete now: dissectors and plugins use the new memory manager (with the exception of uat / initialization routines).
Next, I was thinking about converting our helper functions found in epan module and the various ep_ and se_ functions.
My idea was to update (and rename!) those functions with the following scheme:
tvb_get_ephemeral_string -> tvb_get_wmem_packet_string
tvb_get_seasonal_string -> tvb_get_wmem_file_string
and adding defines to maintain (temporarily?) backward compatibility:
#define tvb_get_ephemeral_string tvb_get_wmem_packet_string
#define tvb_get_seasonal_string tvb_get_wmem_file_string
Of course we will discover some misuse of ep/se memory (like for uat) that will require more thinking, but it would be one step forward.
Thoughts?
Regards,
Pascal.
