Ethereal-dev: Re: [ethereal-dev] Multiple Dissectors

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From: Neil Hunter <neil.hunter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2000 10:41:24 +0100 (BST)
On Fri, 7 Jul 2000, Guy Harris wrote:

> "Supported" in what sense?
> 
> The WTP dissector could, if it chose, hand the payload to
> "dissect_http()" if run on a day of the month that's even and hand it to
> "dissect_bgp()" if run on a day of the month that's odd; doing something
> that bizarre is "supported" (even though it's silly), because there's no
> rigid fixed mechanism that Ethereal requires all dissectors to use to
> hand off payload to the next dissector.

In which case the WTP dissector can hand off to WSP. I wasn't sure whether it
was possible to do this.

Cheers,
  Neil

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