Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Re: tcp_dissect_pdus, docs?

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From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 11:39:49 -0700
On Wed, May 29, 2002 at 08:48:13AM -0700, Christopher K.  St.  John wrote:
>  But I don't know if the interface is stable or 
> experimental (from the cvs logs it looks like it's
> about 3 weeks old),

It's unlikely to disappear, so it's not "experimental" in that sense.

It may, however, change, so it's not "stable".

> what the limitations are,

There are currently some cases it can't handle, such as heuristic
dissectors.

> or even if I'm supposed to be using it.

If you can use it, you should use it rather than cutting-and-pasting the
full XXX-over-TCP loop (I created it so that I didn't have to keep
cutting-and-pasting the loop).